> there is no way at all to make your own legit "hacker" apps trusted to use elevated privileges
Of course there is. To circumvent this closed apple-esque bullshit you can just install magisk.
Of course there is. To circumvent this closed apple-esque bullshit you can just install magisk.
Magisk is never ending cat and mouse game and at any moment Google can just add some hardware-backed privileged rootkit that not going to be easy to bypass. So it's not always usable for every app out there.
The difference is that the good part of the community tries to unlock the platform's true potential instead of chanting "walled garden means safety" and "you don't actually have that use case".
And that part of the community has advanced tremendously. It's in the mindset.