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Don't use default smartphone firmwares, don't buy smartphones you can't install a custom firmware to.
by qwerty456127 8y ago
Don't use default smartphone firmwares, don't buy smartphones you can't install a custom firmware to.
- chrismeller 8y agoSure, but let’s be honest, back in 2007 when the first iPhone came out it was a huge deal that Verizon, et al couldn’t install crap on it by default because it came straight from Apple. No “normal human” is ever going to install their own OS on anything. At least Apple enforces some standards...
- qwerty456127 8y ago> Sure, but let’s be honest, back in 2007 when the first iPhone came out it was a huge deal that Verizon, et al couldn’t install crap on it by default because it came straight from Apple. Good, nevertheless all my friends jailbroke their iPhones to install apps not available in the store. > No “normal human” is ever going to install their own OS on anything. Whoever cares about having at least minimal degree of privacy will at least get root access, remove bloatware and install tools like droidwall and xprivacy on their android phones.
- dijit 8y agoYour friends are more technical than 99% of the population of earth. I applaud you for having friends who are so technically literate. I think you would do well to remember the rest of the human race though.
- qwerty456127 8y agoI'm curious what portion of people lack a geek friend they can trust to set-up whatever for them.
- chrismeller 8y agoI'm curious what portion of people you think even know that jailbreaking exists, let alone why they would want it done on their phone. This is, without any sort of exaggeration, a 1% issue.
- iscrewyou 8y agoA very large population can’t install their own firmwares because they don’t have the chops to do so. On top of that, not everybody has a CS degree to read and go through source code of these custom firmware to make sure they aren’t doing anything funny.