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This is already the case for some manufacturers: see phones supported by LineageOS.[1] But the manufacturers are changing device drivers like the I change my s
by danuker 5y ago
This is already the case for some manufacturers: see phones supported by LineageOS.[1]
But the manufacturers are changing device drivers like the I change my socks. The community can't keep up.
[1] - https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/ https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
- dvdkon 5y agoRight now, there's just not enough people to keep up with all the phones, but with a standard bootloader interface (let's call it EUFI :P), a lot of that work could be made easier and we could have universal images like on the PC. Also, we can't expect the community to thrive when installing a custom OS on phones is relegated to die-hard enthusiasts by manufacturers who constantly make the experience worse. EDIT: Many of those phones also lose capabilities users might care about by unlocking: playing DRM'd media, using banking apps... That all inhibits OS customisation.
- summm 5y agoThe that authoritarian DRM crap and a banking bullshit has to stop. Why do they work on old vulnerable Android stock versions, but not on new Lineage os? Security is a dumb excuse here, it is all about exercising power over the user.