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Sure, 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 a
by dvdkon 5y ago
Sure, 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.