• leadore@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    I think it’s ironic that the alternatives to Android (graphene, calyx) only fully work on Google phones.

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      1 hour ago

      I would get a Nokia flip phone but they cost a bit. Cheaper to get something someone is throwing out

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      3 hours ago

      Same reason it continually sucks to get a working Linux build on an apple laptop or desktop.

      As bad as Google is, they’re lightyears ahead of Apple in terms of protecting their products in a walled garden.

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          1 hour ago

          I’ve never investigated for iPhones but would be curious

          1. if they exist
          2. how bloody hard they are to get going

          I can only speak for laptops/desktops and it being a bitch.

          There’s a reason I’m very adamant at hating Apple for a multitude of technical reasons. This is but one of them. It’s a shame too because their build quality is really S-Tier.

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        4 hours ago

        Used phones: exist

        Users who constantly repost this same comment: “doesn’t look like anything to me.”

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          3 hours ago

          Used pixel actually limit a lot the choice. I’ve not dived into de-googled phone yet but from what I understood postmarketOS seems like the used/old phone OS

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            3 hours ago

            Writing this from a degoogled Pixel 4a bought second hand for 80 bucks a couple years ago. Great camera, enough storage, fingerprint sensor, headphone jack, fits in hand and pocket. This is near prefect, new phones are scam.