• PieMePlenty@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    > be me
    > buy new phone, chose android cause I can install anything on it
    > get free iphone from work
    > sell iphone on ebay cause I can install anything I want on my android
    > google doesnt want me to install anything I want

    Fuck me. I kept the wrong phone.

    • Luffy@lemmy.ml
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      1 day ago

      So in your world, a completely locked down phone is better than a phone that you can easily open up again by flashing a ROM or replacing Gservices for MicroG with adb + Magisk?

      • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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        22 hours ago

        not every android phone’s hardware even allows installing custom ROMs, as far as i’m aware of. and even if the phone technically does allow it, that doesn’t mean that any good custom ROMs are even available for it. so the issue is a bit more difficult than that.