Del is experimentally "throwing in the towel" re: NO smart phone EVER

I was actually
I take back what I said. At the end of all this, you're going to be an expert in yet another subject. I'm finally understanding the madness!
hoping this was quite "hackable" as many of the Android components are. However I'm reading that Verizon has this pretty well locked down. If you have heard the term "root" the device, I haven't seen a procedure yet, that anyone claims works.