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Not when you can load an OS like Calyx [0], GrapheneOS [1] or LineageOS [2]. In this context the iPhone ends up the true "hope for the best" option. The origin
by windexh8er 3y ago
Not when you can load an OS like Calyx [0], GrapheneOS [1] or LineageOS [2]. In this context the iPhone ends up the true "hope for the best" option. The original Pixel / Pixel XL (2016.10.04) can still run the latest LineageOS with current patches [3].
[0] https://www.lineageos.org/ https://www.lineageos.org/
[1] https://grapheneos.org/ https://grapheneos.org/
[2] https://calyxos.org/ https://calyxos.org/
[3] https://download.lineageos.org/devices/sailfish/changes https://download.lineageos.org/devices/sailfish/changes
- signal11 3y agoI was responding to the parent who recommended using unpatched, out of support Android. People who’re comfortable (or can be bothered) installing alternative OSes on their phones have an entirely different view on device obsolescence. Statistically they’re also a rounding error in the total mobile-using population.
- windexh8er 3y ago> Statistically they’re also a rounding error in the total mobile-using population. Understood, but that has no bearing on the point being argued. You have no control over Apple IOS hardware after Apple stops supporting it. The fact that there is that "rounding error" is good for everyone as it is a force against closing that ecosystem which currently exists. It matters.