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> Why not just open up Android ... root

Security. Many people want to run critical applications on their handhelds, and the policy is to err on the side of safety.

(In "better safe than sorry", that is a different kind of sorry - I spoke only yesterday with a user that got locked out of the device completely because of a small accident.)

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More like: Many people want to run their applications on other people's phones, without those other people having any say about what that applications do or don't. It is security, but security of the app publishers against the user.

This - enterprise app creators (more concretely, their security auditors) outright demand that the users are locked out of their devices and that the device confirms and enforces that before their app is installed. The amount of these apps and these processes is increasing and has now made it into governmental rules as well (e.g. new digital IDs).

> The amount of these apps and these processes is increasing and has now made it into governmental rules as well (e.g. new digital IDs).

All the more reason to find ways to break those restrictions.

Surely running a digital ID app on something like e/os is possible? If not there should be a lawsuit.

I guess you mean: a non rooted Android, conversely, inhibits the removal of bloatware and spyware. Yes, a proper solution covering all needs is needed.

(Personally, I do not use said «critical applications» because I do not trust container, application and providers. So...)

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