Which is the best Mobile OS?

That must be a joke! On android you can choose a custom room with all bloatware / google apps removed. And linux kernel is far more secure and the project is open source, so anybody can have a look at the code.

Can you with a windows phone which is closed source? And who is involved in the NSA spy actions with skype? I don't say google is better, but at least the possibilities to customize the phone for most of privacy is best with Android.

 

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Hey your last post sounds a kind of different compared to #41 #43..... I don't know now why you prefer Windows over Android concerning privacy...

I agree with most of what you say, anyway at some points I have a different opinion.

"experts make customized roms you say, probably, but if these guys were really experts they would be hired by manufacturers."

I do not agree with it. Expert or not. Do you know for sure that nobody got hired so far? I have contact to some devs and they are professional programmers (not professional on Android, though) and make their mods @home just for fun..... . And do not forget all the apps programmer....which are involved in customizing, too...


Anyway to become hired by a company is even the wrong way and cannot be an achievement. They'd loose their independence and the capitalistic aspect would ruin anything.
Could a company offer such a great variety of mods and still make a big profit? No, they would have to pay too much for the 'customizers'....the spirit is: One makes an effort for a big community and shares it for free.....donation possible....


"ever since the evolution of android phones i have seen custom roms do more damage than good to devices."
If you speek of Cyanogen then I have to agree, lol...

Ermm actually no. It are the 'users' who are not able to apply the ROM (flash) properly. When I read threads on XDA I sometimes have to ask myself how ignorant one can be at all....'issues' we have to deal here at MDL as well.

People do not use the search function, people annoy the developers by constantly re-asking the same thing, people are not able to follow simple instructions, people are not aware of potential damage, people are lazy, are not willing to make own efforts and want to be served all the time.....in short: they want to take it all and give nothing in return. They simply don't get the spirit of a sharing community....and finally blame the developer for a seemigly bad rom....

Generally it is questionable to void warranty after one has applied a custom rom. What would be if you install ubuntu on a windows OEM PC and your warranty becomes void?
AFAIK yes Samsung did not apply this measure so far even though they could....


And finally:
"the vast majority of users do not give a damn about big brother watching over their activities."

Sad but true. Once I wrote in an essay: 'Phychology of the masses' ......humankind cannot handle freedom, they restrict themselves and let others restrict and control themselves until a war has to arouse them again...and to remind them what freedom was again...OMG what have we done.....and soon they start to forget again..."