• Flax@feddit.uk
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    7 months ago

    I never heard of someone rooting their phone due to a 12 year old on tiktok telling them to

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        7 months ago

        Woo! RedSn0w got me a sweet animated wallpaper on my 3GS! …That killed my battery fast! Lol

        It was neat though.

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      7 months ago

      I’m not saying that they did it because a TikTok told them too, I’m saying its because that’s how a lot of the younger generation happens to search.

      Just one example:

      https://www.businessinsider.com/nearly-half-genz-use-tiktok-instagram-over-google-search-2022-7

      I for one, would NOT trust some rando 30 second clickbait video telling me how to root my phone, but you can sure as shit bet that a ton of school aged children are doing that to play some cracked APK they got from a sketchy website because their parents wouldn’t buy them a 99c game.

      Those same kids have bank and google pay apps setup on their phone so they can make purchases when they are out and about. I see kids using their phone for vending machine purchases ALL THE TIME.

      Edit: Since this is a meme community, little bit of rage bait for ya: All the TikTokers coming out with the downvotes :)