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OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse (consumerrights.wiki)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 24 points 6 months ago (1 child)

GrapheneOS also claims it's not defending against anything real. Which makes sense as Pixels can clearly maintain security while allowing alternate OSes. So this is just hostile vendor lock-in. Disappointing as there was some speculation that OP would be the GOS OEM, but there's no way they would do this is that was true.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    Sad. Having used the OPX, OP6T, OP9, and briefly the OP10, I can honestly say their hardware is usually pretty good. I went to Graphene on a Pixel for the software. Software was always Oneplus' weak point so it's extra silly that they're doing this. So many hobbyists have bought OP hardware and used it with software of their choice. They started co-developing their Oxygen OS with Oppo a while back and that's when it really went to hell.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    They started developing Oxygen around the time of OnePlus 2. I used my OnePlus One into 2020, it was a nice phone. It’s sad to see how they’ve gone down this nasty path.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago (1 child)

    Seriously, they were the poster-child of a "good" phone manufacturer. Like the "don't be evil" version of Google, there was a time when I was comfortable recommending them. Not any more. Let's hope they find their way.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    Yeah. I really liked my OPO. It was fantastic. My first hesitations about them came when they started doing multiple versions. Like OnePlus X or whatever that first one was called I kind of glossed over, felt like a marketing thing. But after a few years they just turned into a normal manufacturer.

    The whole schtick with the limited availability and stuff meant that the phone was great quality at a great price. They abandoned that too fast to become another Samsungooglewhatever.

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