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How is this better than buying a refurbished phone yourself and flashing microG+lineageOS on it?
by CameronNemo 8y ago
How is this better than buying a refurbished phone yourself and flashing microG+lineageOS on it?
- atdt 8y agoHow is Dropbox better than rsync+vps? A lot of innovation in tech consists of making things that are straightforward for a technical person to do and making them trivial for an ordinary person to do.
- rchaud 7y agoIn the same way that hiring a dog-walker isn't "better" than walking the dog yourself. You're paying to save yourself time and hassle. I've been modding phones via XDA forums since the Windows Mobile 6.1 days. It's much easier to brick your phone when flashing a ROM today than it was 5 years ago. OEMs today are much more zealous about locking down phones to prevent installing anything but factory ROMs. That said, 279 EUR for a 2016 Galaxy S7 is steep; I'd need to know if the phone has a fresh battery before taking the plunge.