when average users start fleeing en mass, it’s already to late, and arguably it’s approaching a critical mass where there is enough common knowledge and “friends who use that” to make the jump easier. Right now, the average user doesn’t have much of a reason to jump, but if Google has to restructure their business model due to their ad monopoly getting crowbarred, they might implement stuff that would be enough to get average users to start jumping.
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sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 days agoWhat? The ROM market share is nowhere near what it once was in terms of percentage or raw numbers.
megopie@beehaw.org 4 days ago
N0x0n@lemmy.ml 4 days ago
True ! But there is a resurgence of ROMs. Squeezing any precent as low as possible is their goal, killing open-source/alternatives as much as they can !
I really hope hardware/software alternatives in the phone market get some funds to get away from the big tech monopoly.