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The root filesystem will very likely still be locked down.
I am not sure I understand what this has to do with the article. Also, I don't see why that would be the case. I don't see much of a good reason to lock the VMs down.
Doesnt even give access to the camera subsystem's embedded flash memory, essentially useless
/s?
that'd be useful to debloat the phones at the very least.
That’s not what this is about at all.
Yeah, but that means that not the entire storage is available like the headline implies.
VMs can’t ever do that on any OS. I don’t think that’s a reasonable expectation.
Correct. The whole thing is lauded as this revolutionary new thing but in reality it's just a bullshit VM isolated from the rest of the system. We have had that almost for as long as Android existed. Along with Termux and similar that actually can access everything.
You can still root pixel phones no problem, no?
Yeah. I rooted my pixle 7pro a few weeks ago.
Then I guess the root file system has never really been locked down? It was shipped stock, but they give you the option to "OEM unlock" and root. I know samsung locks their shit, but this is google that is relevant here