Lee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoRight-to-repair is now the law in Californiawww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up11.17Karrow-down19cross-posted to: zerowaste@lemmy.mlrighttorepair@midwest.socialtechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up11.16Karrow-down1external-linkRight-to-repair is now the law in Californiawww.theverge.comLee Duna to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square56fedilinkcross-posted to: zerowaste@lemmy.mlrighttorepair@midwest.socialtechnews@radiation.party
minus-square@jabjoe@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoExactly. If you don’t have root, you don’t “own” the device. Apps, like bank apps, that refuse to run on devices with root access, (or custom OSs) should be illegal.
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoMy bank gave me a hardware 2FA keypad as a replacement thankfully… Any services/apps that don’t work on my rooted device as-is are out, only a few like Netflix are an exception due to others using it 🥲
Exactly. If you don’t have root, you don’t “own” the device. Apps, like bank apps, that refuse to run on devices with root access, (or custom OSs) should be illegal.
My bank gave me a hardware 2FA keypad as a replacement thankfully…
Any services/apps that don’t work on my rooted device as-is are out, only a few like Netflix are an exception due to others using it 🥲