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1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 09:51:14 EST Strypey

   #Kingoroot worked! I now have root on my Vodafone 785 mobile device. I successfully used Yalp to demote #GMail to a normal app, and then used Settings>Applications to uninstall it. The only downside is Kingoroot installed a #PowerUser app to manage root permissions etc, which I assume is proprietary.

   1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 09:53:35 EST Strypey

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      It seems crazy that I have to go to such lengths to get admin rights on a device I own, and uninstall bundled apps I don't want. I seem to remember an anti-trust law suite that successfully forced #Microsoft to stop bundling Internet Exploiter with Windows in a way that made it hard to remove or disable. Could we use that precedent to liberate #Android from compulsory #GoogleApps?

      1. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 09:58:44 EST Strypey

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         #IANAL so is there anyone out there who is a software-freedom-friendly lawyer, who can give this some thought, and if it's got legs, let the rest of us know how we can help?

   2. Strypey (strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz)'s status on Saturday, 17-Nov-2018 12:34:10 EST Strypey

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      You know that feeling you had last time you had a big spring clean and got rid of a whole lot of dusty old crap you never use? That's me banishing all the proprietary gOgle apps from my mobile now that I have root :-D