I see where your coming from but a lot of people don't pay attention or even know the power of these phones on root. Heck I just discovered how awesome custom Rom's are yesterday and I was on root for 4 years before my HD. How do you know to become educated if you didn't know you had an interest in the first place? The biggest thing is most just root then forget. I learned during my first root not to update with out checking what it does. There needs to be some really good Root 101 articles produced out there. Obviously how do you do that when mainstream media is controlled by the people who don't want you doing it. People only educate themselves on these phones when they find they have a further interest.
And isn't trying to discover the secret 90% of the fun to this forum and android forums alike?
I will add this I won't be updating I don't care how cool the new kitkat or whatever is unless there are known root methods available. Blurry sidestrapped is keeping me entertained for now.
The problem I have with this line of thinking is that the people who take the time to root don't take the time to learn what root is, why they need it, or how to protect it. They just "want root". And those are the ones who scream and cry the loudest when they lose it during an update and are told that it's not likely to come back. That's what irritates me about the whole thing. They can take the time to figure out how to root but not be bothered to see if there's a thread on a new OTA stating whether it can be rooted or not? It's not like the information is hidden from them. Not any more than root was. A 2 minute search would save people a lot of headache when it comes to preserving root access.
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