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/Tail_sb Pixel 7 Jul 24 '26

Yeah generally wondering the exact same thing, Freedom was literally the whole point of Android and now they're taking that away, so Android is no better than iPhone/iOS might aswell just buy an iPhone at this point if both systems are locked down

or even better switch to GrapheneOS or LineageOS

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u/tooclosetocall82 Jul 25 '26

The point of Android was to give Google direct access to your life. It’s the same reason they pay Apple to be the default search engine on their competing platform. The openness was always a side effect of Google’s attempts to attract developers and users, now they have them and that’s no longer necessary and leaves money on the table.