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		petra on Feb 14, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why I don't like smartphones Also, with regards to openness: First Android does have an option to sideload apps, and while Google can exercise control and limits on the OS, it usually only does so with regards to ad-blockers, and even that only partially. And are ROM's hard to install ? For the technical user ,No,At least for large enough variety of phones. And as for the non-technical users - they always needed to pay someone or ask a friend when they wanted an OS install, so nothing's different. And if look deeper, Android is open-source ,so it's undoubtedly offers much more freedom than windows.

seba_dos1 on Feb 14, 2016 [–]

Generally, the reality is that while the Android is open, the devices that run Android usually aren't, so in the end it doesn't really matter.

For very similar reason I wasn't crying after Firefox OS, even though it had some progress when it comes to platform openness in some other areas.

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