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Saving this for when people ask why I need root access on my devices.
Lol I love the “You don’t need root on modern Android, it does all the things you used to root for!” People. No, no it doesn’t lmao
That’s generally what you hear from people who have basic use cases and simply can’t fathom other people may want or need different things from their devices.
Which is fine, they don’t have to understand. If stock is good enough for them nowadays, more power to them.
What I’m sick of is the condescension. This bizarre thing where they somehow think a person wanting control over a device they paid for is worthy of derision or shame.
It’s like if someone who only checks their email on their laptop laughing at someone using a desktop for heavier work, for no real reason other than thinking using technology differently than themselves is silly.
That other comment is a perfect example, and indictive of this weird subculture in Android spaces that hates Google but seems to be drinking from the same user-hostile Kool aid.
Personally, I’m an odd case, in that I didn’t used to root or use custom ROMs at all until recent years. Basically since Android 10, simply to get around the needless roadblocks and restore the functions I want. I was fine with stock for a long time, until Google started becoming Apple.
“People”
There are dozens of you, dozens I say!
https://x.com/GrapheneOS/status/1587912474002542592
150k users out of billions devices.
Y’all really dig into these bubbles. 99.99975% of Android users agree, yes user space is fine.
But GrapheneOS is unrooteable by design…
Yes know what, you’re correct I completely forgot.
So the actual number I posted with graphine being one of the most popular is way way less.
Who hurt you?
I’m sorry my data makes you feel like you must attack me. Sad.
Shit like this is why I can’t abide GrapheneOS or their cheerleaders.
It’s legitimately the same attitude as Google itself. This parental, condescending tone, acting as if wanting freedom to control their own devices is somehow irrational. Continuing to push this toxic idea that handcuffs are the only way to protect users. Like a sysadmin at a workplace, but without the justifiable reasons.
For the vast majority of users it’s the best configuration. Google doesn’t cater to small user populations.
Brah, if you try and root many phones, shit like Knox fucking bricks your phone out of spite. They’ve been putting anti-consummer shit into devices for decades now, let’s not pretend that puts everyone in the same 99.9%.
That’s literal math above.
I would love to have this for my smart tv remote that has dedicated buttons for subscription services I will never pay for. /me heads to thingiverse to search
Install a button remapper You can disable the buttons, or reuse them for custom actions :P
Ok, now I kind of want this. I only have my PC connected to the TV, so I only need the power button, volume controls, settings and the D-Pad. A specialized cover would make hitting the right buttons in the dark much easier and also remove the ads disguised as buttons.
Boomer mode
Yoooo, that is sick. I need it for my grandma.
Do you need access to the Exit button if all the other menu and guide etc. buttons are covered?
“Smart” tvs pop things up for no reason sometimes.
Does the clip to remove the cover has label “sudo”?
As sudo applies only for a single command, removing the cover is more like su, no?
sudo would be more if above every covered button there was a tiny hole through which you could push it with a needle or so.
sudo -i
We need a rootless linux distro
ChromeOS? And MacOS? (If UNIX is good enough)
What’s with the number buttons being available with no “OK” or “Enter” option?
Just enter a channel number and it will auto switch
Neat.
The thing that bothers me whenever I see a TV remote is that there doesn’t seem to be a remote control with illuminated keys, like on a computer keyboard. That way you can see the buttons even under dim lit conditions. Also, why aren’t there any remotes with a built-in battery that could be charged like a smartphone?
I don’t own a TV, but I know that back in the days of bulky CRT TV’s there were some remotes that could be iluminated. White LEDs weren’t a thing back then, so they used incandescent lamps which drained the 9V battery fast.
Why aren’t back llit and rechargeable TV remotes a thing today, especially because white LED’s and batteries are quite efficient today?
Didn’t this used to be common? One button glows in the dark, and if you push it a few seconds of backlight illuminate the rest of the buttons?
I swear half the remotes when I was a kid did this.
GE universal remotes did this and still do. They’re like $8 on Amazon.
If you want rechargeable batteries, just put some eneloop batteries (or some of the cheaper, rebranded ones) in the remote. They are not like the old NiMH batteries, they hold a charge for a years.
I certainly don’t want a remote that I have to throw out in a few years because the non-replaceable lithium battery wore out.
My parents still have cable. The buttons are backlit, they turn on when you pick it up and turn off when you set it down. There’s also a mic button you can hold down and talk to input text by voice instead of typing on a virtual keyboard with a dpad. Not rechargeable but two AAs last for a year so why bother with a battery that eventually fails and renders the remote useless?
Even basic remotes are pretty clever now
