honestly, what with all the additional anti privacy and DRM shit google have been adding to phones lately, I've been getting less and less enamoured with Android phones. Sure I can sideload, but I can't install root level apps without jumpling over a number of hoops just to stop other apps from failing Safety net.

I miss the time where all you had to do is install the su binary, then you can do what you want without fear of borking shit.

My current phone has some weird instability issues with Magisk - I can't install AdAway and systemless hosts or LSPosed in zygisk because for some reason, the moment I try it, it causes the phone to randomly freeze up, which to fix requires a reboot. I missed many alarms due to that happening in the middle of the night while I was asleep. (Which while those modules were installed, would happen almost every night) it's a pixel 3a, with stock ROM. The only module I have currently installed is Universal Safetynet Fix, which for some reason, only half works (passes basic attestation, but not the CTS profile matching)