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[–] 109 points 2 years ago (37 children)

Imagine buying a piece of hardware and actually owning it.

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago* (12 children)

    grapheneos, calyxos, lineageos, etc.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    If these supported phones I actually wanted I'd consider it. Even better if they weren't a pain in the ass to install.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I recently installed GrapheneOS on a pixel 7 pro. Waaaay easier than lineageOS. As long as you have the drivers installed on your pc and opposable thumbs, it's a breeze.

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    That’s really nice to hear, lineage on a tablet a while back took quite a bit of work to get installed. Nevermind then having to get it able to load apps that needed Google.

    Still a bit salty they gave almost no warning before retiring that image though, one month notice that they were getting rid of it was dissapointing to say the least

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    blah! Android forks!

    postmarket os is where it's at!

    or Ubuntu Touch if you're... that type of person.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    Imagine devices you can actually repair yourself. I looked into switching the battery on my phone the other day and in the process it seems I could very easily break my display if I am not SUPER careful. It's literally easier to swap the display than the battery.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Everything we think of as owned is only borrowed from the Earth

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    You're going to give it back?

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  • [–] 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Would have been nice if they actually shipped devices to people who paid.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Imagine buying a piece of hardware knowing full well that doesn't work the way you want it to and then bitching that it doesn't work the way you want it to

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (9 children)

    There are no phone OSes that work the way we want, so we should just never say anything, as consumers?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

    LineageOS does pretty well for me. Don't know what youre talking about.

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    If you can't find an OS that works for you between android, iOS, the multitude of custom android roms, symbian, and Manjaro on the pinephone, then I suggest you either stop being so picky or make your own.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    The true Linux alternatives for phone are not usable like android and iOS are. Android and iOS are still garbage. I am unable to make my own. However I am also able to see obvious faults. Luckily on computers we have Linux, but we really don't have options like that on phones. The best we have is custom Roms but it's not the same as having a bunch of really good options.

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  • [+] -11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Sounds good to me. Then these annoying posts might stop.

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