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Because it's a usurpation of my role as the administrator of my system. Because it necessitates a level of comfort with a company—whose business model is based
by willifred 16y ago
Because it's a usurpation of my role as the administrator of my system. Because it necessitates a level of comfort with a company—whose business model is based on collecting and selling user data—rooting my system, and trusting that they're not going to abuse that privilege, or forget my best interest when acting in their own best interest. I think that's a good enough reason.
- div 16y agoThat is a good reason. It's also possible to turn off the autoupdates. It's debatable what the best default setting would be, and wether or not average users: a) know how to disable this b) care to disable it Like you say, it necessitates a level of comfort with a company. I suppose most people don't give this a lot of thought, and thus feel pretty comfortable with any company. Wether this is "good" or "bad" is a separate discussion imo.