Same here. It was really bare bones. CLI install was scary as hell. It was my first Android phone, too. I just knew I was gonna brick the hell out of it.
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I remember back when ROMs were a thing. Total garbage compared to what we have now. Life is good.
Ugh you just reminded me of the iPhone jailbreak. Did that once. So goofy in hindsight. I had no business fooling with that. 😂
The Pixel has made life easier too as far as this stuff goes. I used to do janky shit to break bootloaders and gain root access back when the first Android phones came out.
Now, I hit a script AND don't have to do all the terrible for security stuff. Winning.