Right now this is just an unconfirmed fear I have, unfortunately I’m not that familiar with Android, so I pinged @sh-zam, our expert on Krita Android.
And if it turns out to be true, it’s yet another one of the unfortunate consequences of Google’s obsessive mania to secure Android, because I’m willing to bet that you could still access this path in previous versions of Android.
Unfortunately, Google got themselves into this mess when they entered the domain of Apple’s iPhone, they had to quickly come up with an OS that could keep up with iOS, so they didn’t pay attention to security (vulnerabilities). But when these security gaps were exploited, Google was left out in the cold and had to act, act fast, and since then Google has been nailing Android shut further and further with every version. As a result, from version to version, you can use and access less and less of the expensive hardware you have in your hands.
Blaming “the evil hackers” is only intended to distract from the fact that Google has brought this on itself. If you leave the door of your house open, you are not only partly to blame if your house is ransacked, no, you are the main culprit and if it were a house, Google would only get a fraction of the damage reimbursed by theft insurance, but here Google makes the owners of the Androids pay for it with hardware that has been castrated by software locks.
I’ve commented on this before:
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