On: Android 14's user-profile data bug

[V__]

Locking down phones so much was really a mistake. If you have to do what basically amounts to voodoo just to restore it.

[teddyh → V__]

> Locking down phones so much was really a mistake.

On the contrary, I believe it was done quite on purpose.

[alwayslikethis → teddyh]

It's all a part of the grand plan to take away general computing from the unwashed masses.

[teddyh → alwayslikethis]

Relevant links:

• The Right to Read by Richard Stallman, 1997: <https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en>

• The Digital Imprimatur by John Walker, 2003: <https://www.fourmilab.ch/documents/digital-imprimatur/>

• The War on General Purpose Computing by Cory Doctorow, 2012: <https://memex.craphound.com/2012/01/10/lockdown-the-coming-w...>