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I have a Dell XPS dev edition that I tinker with, installing various linux distros and trying stuff and breaking it and fixing it. I do it because it's fun. My

I have a Dell XPS dev edition that I tinker with, installing various linux distros and trying stuff and breaking it and fixing it. I do it because it's fun. My phone has to be 100% rock-solid. I do lots of actual important stuff on it. I'm never switching to Android, because it's a gamble. Which model? How long will it be supported? Is it vanilla Android, or did they break it with custom shit-ware? Will they ever fix security holes? The "wall of sheep" at Blackhat is mostly Android phones too.

umanwizard 8y ago
You hit the nail on the head. Lots of tech-oriented people seem to have this compulsion to tinker with everything which is why they can’t understand why someone would prefer an iPhone. I simply do not care about being able to root my phone, side-load random crap, or use third party browsers. I barely even change the wallpaper. That stuff is what my real computer (running FreeBSD) is for. What I care about on my phone is having a huge, pretty screen, good performance (i.e., no frame drops and jank when interacting with the UI), reliability, and security.