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I was just stating my position. Certainly others are free to take a different position. I still also have and use a Sanyo Mil-spec flip-phone - because sometime
by intrasight 10y ago
I was just stating my position. Certainly others are free to take a different position. I still also have and use a Sanyo Mil-spec flip-phone - because sometimes the only necessary feature is to be able to reliably make and receive phone calls.
Regarding smartphone features - the really don't differ very much. I buy Google phones because a) I want them unlocked, and b) I don't want malware and bloatware, and c) I want regular updates to OS.
- intrasight 10y agoAnd regarding buying phones from carriers, I guess the jury is still out: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/first-horseman-privacy-apocalypse-has-already-arrived-verizon-announces-plans https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/03/first-horseman-privacy...
- tannhaeuser 10y agoI used to take a purist Android view like this. But AOSP 4+ with its mandatory lock-in to Google services and its "always watching you" policy is the definition of lock-in malware. Do you trust the incentive for Google (for whom you are no customer but a product) more than that for your phone manufacturer (with whom you have a regular customer relationship)?
- intrasight 10y agoActually I do
- jsjohnst 10y agoCall me naive, but even as an outspoken critic of many things Google, I trust their phones far more than any other Android phone. That said, I disagree I would trust even Google branded phones re: malware. Android will likely never have my trust there.