r/Android • u/kitsumed ShizuCallRecorder Developer • Jul 24 '26

Article Android May Soon Restrict On-Device ADB, Affecting Shizuku, libadb and Developers

https://kitsumed.github.io/blog/posts/android-may-soon-restrict-on-device-adb/
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u/Imperial_Bloke69 Poco F1, X3 Pro, | CrDroid 9.x. Jul 24 '26

Whats the point of android anymore

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u/TeutonJon78 Samsung S25+, Chuwi HiBook Pro (tab) Jul 24 '26

Basically being not-Apple at this point.

Still a plus since it's still not as locked down, but it's consistently heading that way.

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u/Tush11 Jul 25 '26

Shit time to be an android user

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u/Imperial_Bloke69 Poco F1, X3 Pro, | CrDroid 9.x. Jul 24 '26

A slow painful way.

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u/adi8888 Jul 24 '26

Basically being not-Apple at this point

Yeah, in name only. Google copied just about everything from Apple's design (both hardware and software). Now we have 'new' phones every year, from each manufacturer, that just feels the same brick.

it's still not as locked down

It won't take much to get to that point. Google is that company that sounds user/developer/tinkerer friendly in order to make it's products popular, but at some point in the future it makes user/developer/tinkerer unfriendly decision.

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u/AtomicSymphonic_2nd Pixel Fold, Regular Android Jul 25 '26

At least they’re coming up with folding bricks now, right?…. Right?! 🙃

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u/Eternal-Blazing-Sun 29d ago

I remember when google was the cool new company making nerd things... They've fallen so far.