Comment on Funny how android used to be what we now call FOSS

• Sisyphe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I don’t have one. But if I want to degoogle, I’m not giving them my money from the get-go. Are there no more phones with unlockable bootloaders on the market? No more custom ROMs?

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  • oatscoop@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I just bought a pixel 8 off of eBay for $100 to address “Google getting my money”.

    And in the USA our options are limited when it comes to a modern, decent smartphone with an unlocked bootloader. The relevant consumer protection laws the rest of the world has don’t exist here because our politicians are bought and paid for by the telecoms.

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  • glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    linux phones theoretically exist. There’s pinephone, but the casual research I did couldn’t tell me if they were still in business or not.

    This is a case of technology following politics. I wish for a viable third party and they don’t meaningfully exist.

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    • Sisyphe@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      I wish for a viable third party and they don’t meaningfully exist.

      You and me both.

      I don’t hold my breath for Linux phones ever taking off. They’d need a major player backing them to break the duopoly. Apple and Google won’t let a third player enter the market. Samsung tired at least 2 times and failed. Microsoft was squeezed out. If they couldn’t do it, no one can. We can only hope that one of the big two does something really stupid one day and basically dig their own grave.

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