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I think the goal here is to keep the phone usable for longer than to offer flexibility for tech enthusiasts. Most people who use phones don't even know what an
by jitix 5y ago
I think the goal here is to keep the phone usable for longer than to offer flexibility for tech enthusiasts.
Most people who use phones don't even know what an OS is.
- dvdkon 5y agoSure, but that's not the case for PCs. Almost every family I know has at least one guy who can update/reinstall Windows, and those who don't will know to take an old/broken PC to a repair shop. That mentality isn't there with phones, because historically it hasn't been easy to do more than a factory reset. If right-to-repair initiatives make repairing phones a normal thing, that could very well extend to phones in the right environment.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoThat guy has limited capacity, and will only support bespoke odd configurations of custom operating systems for so long until he gets a job, realizes this is way too much of a timesink, and announces that from now on, everyone gets a Chromebook.
- dvdkon 5y agoMy point is: Why should phones be any different to desktops with regards to OS availability/ease of installation? If we accept that a significant number of users do use that ability on desktops, why wouldn't they use it on phones?
- AdrianB1 5y agoBecause desktops have a higher degree of standardization of some parts needed for this, ex. UEFI, ACPI etc. while the ARM SoC world is full of customizations.
- summm 5y agoBut there is no reason why it needs to stay that way.
- tgsovlerkhgsel 5y agoPart of the reason why people use phones is that phones aren't as complex as desktops. You don't need to install an OS, it just works.