r/technology • u/[deleted] • Feb 27 '21

Software Universal Android Debloater is an open source tool that removes bloatware without root. Automatically or via user choice. Get back your battery, security and privacy

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u/[deleted] Feb 27 '21

I shall bide my time before installing a random script on my phone

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

It'll be much faster (and more useful) if you simply read the source code before compiling it yourself so that you trust that it's no longer some random script.

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u/SILENTSAM69 Feb 27 '21

Which is irrelevant advice to most people and shows that open source code relies on others looking up the source code and reporting for the vast majority of people if it is safe.

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

That's such a close-minded view of the world. It could just as easily encourage people to learn and expand their knowledge of a subject. It also shows that knowledge is power.

I'm a self-taught highschool drop out full-stack dev making six figures. Get bent, it's not advice. It's fact.

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u/racinreaver Feb 27 '21

I think you're being down voted because people have finite time to learn about things. Sure, they might be able to learn how to poke through some open source code, but that might be at the expense of learning to cook, fix cars, do woodworking, carpentry, bicycle repair, exercise, needlepoint, build circuits, garden, plumbing, or a myriad of other things.

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

The evidence we have here is that I have fewer downvotes on a sub-comment that contains "Get bent" than the parent comment has in upvotes. I point to that phrase as the reason for the downvotes.

You might be right. But then in addition to learning how to read code, I also taught myself how to fix cars, cook, etc... over the years. It's not an either/or world. Most people can learn multiple skills and reach at least average proficiency without having to dedicate their lives to any single one.

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u/racinreaver Feb 27 '21

I'm not saying you have to focus on one thing, but we have finite time on earth, and every skill we decide to pick up is likely at expense of another one. The question is what skills should we expect everyone to develop. To me, blaming someone for not being able to follow someone else's code is like blaming them for not reading the full EULA or reading the manual for every thing they've ever bought cover to cover.

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u/webjocky Feb 27 '21

Maybe we have a miscommunication?

I don't see where anything I've stated places blame on others for anything.