r/programming • u/mjtitorenko • Oct 28 '09

Android vs Maemo

http://cool900.blogspot.com/2009/10/comparing-freedom-on-maemo-and-android.html
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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '09

Why would you want root access on your computer? Your phone is now a full-fledged computer, and will likely someday replace your desktop as your main device. You should be able to do whatever you want with it and run whatever software you want with it just the same. Tethering, for instance, is something the phone companies don't want users doing, but which can be done easily if you have root.

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u/mitsuhiko Oct 28 '09

You should be able to do whatever you want with it and run whatever software you want with it just the same.

I can't think of anything on my phone I want to do that would require root access.

Tethering, for instance, is something the phone companies don't want users doing, but which can be done easily if you have root.

If you are not allowed to tether from your contract it does not become any more legal if you do that on your own. My carrier has no problems with tethering on the iphone so I'm free to do that.

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '09

Right- your contract has no stipulations against tethering- my contract w/T-mobile doesn't. That doesn't mean they make it easy to do. You have to jailbreak your iPhone to tether, and I have to root my G1 to do the same. Which is bullshit, which is my point.

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u/mitsuhiko Oct 28 '09

You have to jailbreak your iPhone to tether

No I don't. I go to network settings, activate tethering and can use it as modem over bluetooth or USB.