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> Right now there's no chance for an open-source project like LineageOS to be able to support all devices properly when each and every single device is stuck on
by limeblack 9y ago
> Right now there's no chance for an open-source project like LineageOS to be able to support all devices properly when each and every single device is stuck on an old kernel often with a bunch of important CVEs unpatched.
No even if this was fixed it still wouldn't be possible.
For those outside of this US a fix would helpful, but a fix really wouldn't be that simple. For those in the US most phones bought by major carriers have both locked boot loaders and are locked to a specific network. The Pixel being sold by Verizon has a locked bootloader despite it being Google's own branded phone.
- pedrocr 9y agoThat's only a problem if you choose to make it one. I buy my phones unlocked from retailers and ignore the carriers.
- michaelmrose 9y agoIt would be simpler just to tell OEMS that they can't distribute computers where the user is locked out of the machine. Safety oriented exemptions may be reasonable but it needs to directly speak to consumer devices first and foremost.