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> Many apps use safety net now. You can temporarily bypass it using magisk but Google will get rid of it soon through hardware key attestation.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but this isn't really a criticism of Android as a platform but that apps use DRM for tamper proofing. I suppose Android could try to make this harder but I'm sure hardware vendors would step in with their solutions. You're totally free to do as you please with android/rooting as long as you don't care about those apps -- which I have a strong feeling will never be available on more open platforms, unless somehow they gain market dominance.




I can use banking sites on desktop. The same functionality via app require my phone to pass safety net.

Even games, social, and news apps use safety net now. Google should discourage blatant misuse of it which they don't.

If Google cared about security, they would push OEMs to provide proper security updates which none of them do.

> Almost all budget and mid range android phones come with invasive tracking, bloat, and ads now.

This is what tempts me to install a custom rom. Solving this could be great for security.


Of course they don't discourage it. It keeps their hold on the Android ecosystem.

I'm sure they're not worried about lineageos and other aosp niche roms but they will be about Huawei and Amazon and their forks without play services.




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