From my experience with the Note3, yeah you can "disable" apps from showing, but not completely. They're still resident in memory most of the time and a number that I wanted to disable, the option to disable was disabled.

After rooting I found that they had cross-linked dependencies. Some of the apps I wanted to keep were dependent upon stuff in apps that I wanted to remove. Freeze/remove some of the carrier crap-ware and other things that weren't so crap broke. :(

AFAIK none of them "let you" or "support you" doing it, but let's be honest... And geek of sufficient caliber is going to do it. ;)

I wish like hell this were available in the US. I'd have bought one already. I liked the keyboard on my G1, my Sidekick2 had pretty much a perfect keyboard and I've been stuck with touch devices ever since I started down the upgrade path....

I own a OnePlus One. Don't have any issues with BS "carrier apps" or anything like that, because there are none (in general, some of the Cyanogen bits are a little 'special' at times).

Sucks that Google hasn't made a requirement for a "clean" version of Android to be made available for major devices. That's where probably 75% or more of the issues come in.

I can't back that.

3 moves. 3 installs. 3rd install was to a house that already had FIOS (moved in with a friend, he's already got FIOS, I wanted my own link) and never had an issue. I use my own router (Routerboard running Mikrotik) and don't have any issues. Speed has actually been slightly better than what they're claiming to provide (when they "matched upload to download" I tested out having more UP than DOWN) and with the exception of their hardware upgrades for their "Quantum" speeds, no noted outages.

7 years so far, been worth the penny.

In general, if you're computer-savvy, hitting the XDA Forums will be your best option (IMO) if you're concerned about security. The SuperSU Package can be sideloaded into the device via manual ADB commands for most devices out there (some of them are considerably more difficult than others eg: Current Samsung devices with KNOX). I've owned multiple devices from several vendors and I have yet to have an issue with the posted information from the XDA forums. I would expect that anyone attempting to pass shit-ware in there would get found rather quickly unless it's a very niche device with few people actually interested in it.

Personally I've yet to use any of the "one click root" kinda options I've seen posted to various sites....

Yeah, ask Case how well it worked out for the Turing agents who tried to stop him from augmenting an AI...

That's a useful and informative link and it's being modded down?

Sucks that I get it "later this year" with no real specification on when. Also makes me irritated that I can't upgrade past the 75mbit plan currently. ;)

That's my big question.... I went with a business acct so I could get static IP's instead of playing silly games with dynamic dns hosting crap....

I'm gonna be so pissed if they say "residential only"...

..... That's it... I need to get a Morgan Freeman module for some TTS software and just pipe all the news stories about Heartbleed through it.

I'm sure I'll sleep through the night like a baby...... like a baby.

I wonder what they'll name the exploit centered around this module....

Yes, but AFAIK you can't load it onto the same consumer router hardware that DDWRT was popularized on which is why I think my comment was technically out of scope for the discussion...

Given that it's Google anyone with half an ounce of sense realizes that they practically have the ability to print money and would have read the initial comment as sarcasm/humor. However since you seem to think I'm somehow mentally deficient with regards to this I have to assume that you either missed the point or just feel like being a pedantic jerk.

Either way since the 15th is now passed it's largely a pointless discussion to continue.

Personally I've been enjoying Mikrotik. I don't think it's in the range for you because I'm 98% sure you can't load it on your hardware (I have a RouterBoard-based router/AP) but it's been damn solid and gives me WAY more features that I really plan on using... If you plan on upgrading routers at some point I'd suggest looking at them.

I would make a sarcastic reply indicating that your sarcasm detector is in need of calibration, but I think that due to said miscalibration the point of it would be missed.....