Damn, I got a samsung instead of an asus phone because I could unlock it. Now what:s left? Really annoyed at all those companies who refuse to let me own my own phone.

And before anyone asks me if I really need to unlock my phone... It's the principle of it, if I bought it, I own it and I should be able to run what I want on it. I will not buy a phone from a company that denies me that right.

That said, I do use root for a few things:

- AFWall+ (previously I used netguard but can't run multiple VPN on android so I couldn't have that running together with tailscale)

- Neo-backup. Some messaging apps believe that keeping chat history is not important. Or they believe that it's fine that the only way to transfer chat history is to upload it to Google cloud without encrypting it. I hate losing my chat history and I do not want it uploaded somewhere without encrypting it so I need a backup solution. Enters neobackup

- Sometimes, it is useful to be able to spoof one's GPS without the app being the wiser from a privacy perspective.

- A very stupid banking app I have prevent screenshots but then doesn't allow me to download a proof of transfer. So I use root to remove the restriction against screenshots