this post was submitted on 07 Oct 2025

762 points (99.7% liked)

Programmer Humor

26817 readers

3742 users here now

Welcome to Programmer Humor!

This is a place where you can post jokes, memes, humor, etc. related to programming!

For sharing awful code theres also Programming Horror.

Rules

Keep content in english
No advertisements
Posts must be related to programming or programmer topics

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

Feyter@programming.dev

anzo@programming.dev

BurningTurtle@programming.dev

pylapp@programming.dev

762

Big tech security (piefed.europe.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by tfm@piefed.europe.pub to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

57 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] possumparty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm almost certain that rooting is going to come back with a vengeance and we'll be doing ever so slightly more complicated workarounds. Fuck Google. I refuse to watch a YouTube ad or sponsor unless I directly consent to supporting that individual creator.

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 12 points 3 days ago

I'll take that bet.

I am going to bet they come for Rooting next. Unlockable Bootloaders.

In fact they already have started

https://github.com/zenfyrdev/bootloader-unlock-wall-of-shame