Is Rooting still as essential as it used to be?

Guster@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.world – 197 points –

Back in the day - rooting Android phones and installing custom ROMs were such a big part of Android. I remember so well using titanium backup and Greenify and Cyanogenmod and the list goes on.

Is it still necessary to root in 2023 though?

I have been on vanilla Android without root access for the past couple of years and at this point most root features have made it into the vanilla Android OS. What are your thoughts?

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Haven't rooted in years. Don't really need to anymore.

Plus root breaks my banking app and I need that.

I've never had a phone that hasn't been rooted and also have always been able to use every app. Google pay might get pissy occasionally, but every banking app has always worked.