[skydhash]

You wrote

> I would hate to have a boss/client that says "it needs to do X" and the framework writer (or SDK, ala Android/Xcode) say "no, that hurts my profits/privacy busting".

An answer to such request should be: "We would need to ship a custom version of Android". Just like if you need to setup a web server on a Linux system, you would need to be root. You don't choose a shared hosting and then complain about the lack of permissions.

[exe34]

that's amazing, shared hosting on the device I bought. no thank you. I'll root the damn thing and do as I please. If future devices don't allow that, I won't have a reason to carry them in my pocket.