The discussion I stumbled upon, about this SSH app for Android, is really worrying. Will Google really manage to make it impossible to root your phone?
But there’s more to this, it’s more complicated. In the Big Picture, Google has every incentive to make these changes — they lead to more security, and they’re aligned with Google’s corporate goals as well.
- When talking to users, Google will emphasize control over hackers.
- When talking to stockholders, Google will emphasize control over users.
Edit: I disagree with “they lead to more security”. That’s not “security”, let’s not turn words upside-down.
This is an interesting take. Could you share some resources or links to follow this line of reasoning more in detail? Especially resources that are somewhat “noob-friendly”. Cheers.
What resources? I just don’t see things getting worse when The tools I use (I have barely ever used stock or unrooted Android and have been on Android since around 2010) have consistently improved, sometimes (like systemless root) even because of Google changes that broke old functionality. I also still don’t know where you get your “Will Google really manage to make it impossible to root your phone?” from, which does seem to have no relation to the (old) linked post at all.