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by ElFitz 781 days ago
Not entirely untrue. The last time I had an Android, I rooted it, replaced the boot animation with a Tardis, installed some anti-virus / anti-theft app that silently forwarded all received sms to my other number (and realised after selling it I hadn’t properly removed it).

By the end of that first weekend I had had to reinstall Android / AOSP a dozen times, only to realise Monday morning I had somehow screwed up the cellular stack so I couldn’t use it.

That’s when I realised I couldn’t trust myself with that kind of power.