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by tdkl 10y ago
Unlocking the bootloader means loosing the DRM keys forever which results in worse camera. Also binaries are the issue for custom ROM support - as usual for Android.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Video of the phone in action : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgXjklyo5Is Not exactly bezel-less like on the photos, but still interesting.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Perhaps excited before it came out and the price was announced. Also The Verge != people. It's a great Android phone, but since iPhone costs the same and they've upped the ante with i7 this year (stereo speakers, waterproofness),
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by tdkl 10y ago
> didn't dread the thought of dealing with all of my 2FA stuff That's where Authy backup is gold.
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by tdkl 10y ago
So when they make this "Homer's phone" [1], it will cost 1000$ and will sell in hundreds. Good luck finding a company to place that bet. [1] https://www.wired.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06&#x2F
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by tdkl 10y ago
This might change in the future, the upcoming Xiaomi phones will have much more bands supported.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Xiaomi ships weekly updates on the developer ROM and monthly on the stable release. All phones are on current monthly security Android release. They don't update all phones to newer Android versions, but they do backport MIUI and secur
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by tdkl 10y ago
I probably forgot to add "/s" at the end of that sentence.
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by tdkl 10y ago
They "could" also do the same for the good old capitalistic result of more devices sold, but without any backdoors.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Parent is just pointing out the BS in hindering tethering based on the amount of data and how well the customers are protected in EU regarding such practices. It's also absurd (perhaps a bit sad) to defend such policies from the point
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by tdkl 10y ago
You forgot the part where people are voluntarily buying those, because they cost less. Of course those made in California would be totally safe, but damn shame about that globalism.
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by tdkl 10y ago
About the same as for the USA backdoors in every day hardware.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Someone on reddit says he runs W10/Elementary in dualboot and it works fine: https://www.reddit.com/r/Xiaomi/comments/58y3d9/i_have_the_m...
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by tdkl 10y ago
It's not supposed to be long and continuous like the majority of forgettable shows, who just prolong seasons to milk money. That's why UK shows are way superior - if the plan and story is to make 4 seasons, then it's over, ev
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by tdkl 10y ago
> Well there's also the part where root access fundamentally breaks the security model of the device. Good thing we're still admin/root on our personal computers. Seeing what MS/Google are doing, perhaps not for too l
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by tdkl 10y ago
But they had WMDs ! /s
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by tdkl 10y ago
Like it or not, that's happening and next year when Clinton comes in the office, that will be the among the first things it comes to. Mark this comment. Why ? Because business.
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by tdkl 10y ago
>And that means I'm uncomfortable. And ? You're an adult and should gather the knowledge of personally dealing with discomfort. The world isn't a liberal arts college campus.
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by tdkl 10y ago
The EU isn't bringing anything, its citizens are fed up by the results from choices from own leaders. Every action has a reaction.
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by tdkl 10y ago
> For some people, email is not a big part of their lives Email is a big part of everyone's lives, who made an online account somewhere. Not to mention if they paired real identity and/or money to those accounts.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Two years and another of security updates.
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by tdkl 10y ago
> But, in order for politicians to play the game they need large donors like Google. So, if they don't take money from Google they'll just take it from someone else with an agenda. This is funny considering you think "dona
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by tdkl 10y ago
The main point is breaking/stopping the impulse opening of a certain website. You can enable an extension to launch in incognito mode. You can also block the extensions page in StayFocusd to not disable it. But you can still right clic
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by tdkl 10y ago
Nope. I wished Ubuntu used the Windows 8 clusterfuck to gather more ground on desktop, but instead they jumped on mobile/tablet hype rollercoaster.
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by tdkl 10y ago
> its aggression I see NATO bases all around the planet. > The alternative to nuclear war is the proxy wars you see playing out in the middle east. True. We also know who started that with leaders not bowing to the western interests.
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by tdkl 10y ago
> They seem to just keep Android on some kind of "just good enough" for the masses. Android exists to collect data and serves as an ad platform. iOS exists to sell hardware. The quality of the dev tools and on-boarding reflects
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by tdkl 10y ago
> I think Facebook is in the same situation. Facebook, Google, and to a lesser extent, Twitter, have a lot of power to influence elections. And they will if their future power relies on the specific candidate, which is ironically also lo
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by tdkl 10y ago
> He will likely increase tensions on the world stage. While Trumps opponent openly warns Russia of consequences. Lets be objective now.
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by tdkl 10y ago
Point taken for being a nav or not, but those touchscreens are still functional as in being a car stereo, contact manager (for BT calling), handling settings for the car computer etc. But to answer my question why there's no standalone
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by tdkl 10y ago
For use-case I'm talking about he would just: - set the destination in Android Auto friendly UI, - clip his phone in the car holder. Done with no extra fuckery as you described.

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