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Leaving Apple&Google: first 100% ungoogled Android phones go live on refurb HW
- blacksqr 7y agoNot yet for sale. No announced availability date.
- mimixco 7y agoThis is a fantastic idea for so many reasons. Selling a recycled phone is great for the planet. And installing a non-Google OS is a huge help to people who don't want to fiddle with all that. Kudos to you!
- oil25 7y agoDoes anybody know how security updates work with these devices? I assume Samsung will continue supporting S7 and S9, but for how long, and do these patches make it to /e/? I'm always skeptical of privacy grandstanding when little information is available about the security properties and processes of a system. One can have security without privacy, but certainly not the other way around.
- bigato 7y agodid i understand right that instead of a google account you need a /e/ account to access stuff? so that instead of trusting google, i need to trust /e/?
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- thebigspacefuck 7y agoI was hoping to spiff up my old Galaxy with a faster OS, but the bootloaders are locked on the Snapdragon S6 and up in the USA and China.
- A2017U1 7y agoYeah associating their brand with Samsung phones will lead to great confusion down the line, newer models are completely locked down. Even if third party hacks are discovered your warranty is voided out of the box.
- A2017U1 7y agoHesitant to criticize because the world badly needs companies like e and refurbishing is noble, but this feels like bad optics for a company trying to lure people away from the giants. Refurb screams unprofessional ebay tier seller to me. Why not something like Xiaomi brand new, the process to degoogle them is incredibly painless while anything new in the Samsung line is horrendous to flash if not impossible.