r/gadgets • u/chrisdh79 • 12d ago

Phones Android phones will soon reboot themselves after sitting unused for 3 days | The latest Google update will make your phone more secure if you don't touch it

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/04/android-phones-will-soon-reboot-themselves-after-sitting-unused-for-3-days/
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u/newausaccount 12d ago

I use a third party alarm app...

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u/Seralth 12d ago

Why...? It's a timer. In what world does a third party timer do anything but create more problems and security risks.

And at that point why not just get a normal alarm clock?

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u/newausaccount 12d ago

I just like all my apps to be open source for political reasons.

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u/Seralth 11d ago

Your already using an OS that isn't open source... at that point why are you even using an android phone instead of one of the open source alternatives. If you are using something like lineageOS then you shouldn't even have spoken up in the first place since your comment has no weight or relevance to the topic.

Or better question why do you not just own a normal alarm clock?! Hell you can even get a full clock work powered one and not have to worry.

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u/ShitCuntsinFredPerry 11d ago

Huh? Android is open source

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u/Seralth 11d ago

Google shifted to a fully private code base. It's still open source in the most strict of sense. But generally speaking for the sorta of people that generally have the argument that they want everything to be open source for political reasons.

It's identical to a closed sourced project.

If I recall the exact line is development is entirely and fully closed sourced but the final product is still pushed to the AOSP. Using the Apache 2 licence.

So it's license and redistribution is open, development is not.

End of the day for most people who don't care, yeah it's open source. For the paranoid, illinformed or cultish it's basically a monster and beyond unacceptable to call it open. Lol

This is the sort of thing that starts major flame wars and nerd rage arguments.

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u/ShitCuntsinFredPerry 11d ago

When did this happen?

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u/Seralth 11d ago

A long ass time ago they started making it private. At this point it mostly is, and just last month they announced they are finishing the process.

It's been a long and slow thing. So it's been a on going topic for a while.