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The hardware is probably stellar and it must be an incredible reading device, but it's 2026 and I refuse to buy a device with a proprietary locked down software
by kombine 19d ago
The hardware is probably stellar and it must be an incredible reading device, but it's 2026 and I refuse to buy a device with a proprietary locked down software ecosystem.
- thomasjeff1 19d agoExactly my feelings. I want something with custom ROM.
- ocdtrekkie 19d agoConsidering only two major mobile platforms exist and both are proprietary locked down software ecosystems, I assume you have a PinePhone or something?
- derac 19d agoThe pixel bootloader can be unlocked, also Android is significantly more of an open platform than iOS. I mean, stuff like Morphe exists on Android.
- hyperhello 19d agoI sympathize but you're literally looking at something an hour old and demanding that the economic and political realities that produced it change entirely.
- Lord-Jobo 19d agoI agree with the sentiment and hopefully am using my last phone like that right now, but I’m also really hoping for very big advances for Linux phones before it comes time to upgrade. Right now they all seem to have serious drawbacks
- wmichelin 19d agoVery brave take about Apple /s
- LeoPanthera 19d agoI too have nothing to contribute to this post.
- acd 19d agoExplore Pixel Grapheneos Lineageos or Fairphone Unlocked boot loader in pixel to load third party operating system. PinePhone for Linux Ubuntu touch