
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 07:08:52PM +1100, Toby Corkindale wrote:
you can legitimately "get root" on many Android devices these days -- you just usually have to tick a box on a disclaimer first, acknowledging that you're discarding tech support and the warranty
which is at leat partially bullshit in this country - you can't sign away your statutory rights and a company can't avoid their legal obligations just by saying "we don't want to", and that includes consumer protection rights such as statutory warranties. replacing the firmware with third-party fw (cyanogenmod or something) may mean that getting tech support for the *software* is pointless or impossible, but the hardware is still covered by warranty, no matter what the corporation asking you to tick the acknowledgment checkbox wants you to believe.
and losing access to DRM-enabled components.
yes, there's that as a bonus, too. craig -- craig sanders <cas@taz.net.au>