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Those need root and don't isolate apps from the base system
Yet curiously they're far more secure. Huh.
No they aren't
It completely invalidates the Android security model if something can arbitrarily bypass restrictions.
Thankfully we don't have to follow the dumb Android security model on desktops.
on Qubes we still have security through compartmentalization, yet all systems have root access (even passwordless sudo)