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You've already lost most users at "rooted" though. It also requires that someone has done the legwork to root a specific model, and it's always a moving target with new phone models which try new ways to prevent you rooting (or voiding your warranty). The majority of manufacturers are unhelpful when it comes to giving you more control over your phone.

All the more reason that things should be free software with anti-tivoization, so that the stock ROM on phones can be replaced easily. Most of android is free, but because it allows non-free parts (drivers, etc), it's a complete mess for people to tinker with devices because the method is different for every model.

You shouldn't really need root to selectively enable permissions for some apps either. The "all or nothing" approach to permissions is a poor design choice.