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Every so often I feel a wave of revulsion that the computer I use the most — my iPhone — is an almost completely closed system controlled by someone else. Cont
by gorgoiler 5y ago
Every so often I feel a wave of revulsion that the computer I use the most — my iPhone — is an almost completely closed system controlled by someone else.
Contrast this with my desktop where, in the press of a few buttons, I am presented with the source code for the CPU frequency scaling code.
Bring on the Linux phones.
- majjam 5y agoCan you recommend one?
- GeckoEidechse 5y agoEither a PinePhone or a Librem 5. There's not much more choice than that atm.
- kaba0 5y agoAnd neither are usable as daily driver for the majority of people. I really don’t want to wait half a minute for taking a picture, and would prefer if the phone would not be untouchably warm after the fact.
- alecco 5y agoSome people argue Google Pixel (and Chromebooks) can be fully controlled with a custom key.
- SXX 5y agoDo they have baseband isolation? Without an option to at least isolate this black box all else is worthless.