▲ 555 ▼ Did we win? Google to continue to allow side loading (liliputing.com) submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Mynameisallen@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 185 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] kepix@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (2 children) dude. you can just install a custom rom. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) As long as your phone model is supported by any custom mod. I have checked compatibility for almost all smartphones I owned, some 7 or 8 through the years. Not a single one of them was ever supported by a custom mod. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kepix@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) but you did not check custom rom aupport before you bought tgem, cause did not want freedom and moddability. its on you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago I consider price and technical specifications. I don't have 200€ to spend on a phone. Most phones I bought were less than 100€ new. What I care about a phone is that it supports two SIM cards. With such constraints, choice is quite limited unfortunately. Is it worth having a free device? Indeed. Is it worth spending 4 times the price just for that? Not to me. permalink fedilink source parent [–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Intentionally non-standard hardware does not get a real custom rom. It’s just a mod of Android which Google can render intentionally incompatible any time they want permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kepix@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago not like linux phones are super compatible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 4 points 4 months ago (1 child) As long as your phone model is supported by any custom mod. I have checked compatibility for almost all smartphones I owned, some 7 or 8 through the years. Not a single one of them was ever supported by a custom mod. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kepix@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) but you did not check custom rom aupport before you bought tgem, cause did not want freedom and moddability. its on you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago I consider price and technical specifications. I don't have 200€ to spend on a phone. Most phones I bought were less than 100€ new. What I care about a phone is that it supports two SIM cards. With such constraints, choice is quite limited unfortunately. Is it worth having a free device? Indeed. Is it worth spending 4 times the price just for that? Not to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kepix@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago (1 child) but you did not check custom rom aupport before you bought tgem, cause did not want freedom and moddability. its on you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago I consider price and technical specifications. I don't have 200€ to spend on a phone. Most phones I bought were less than 100€ new. What I care about a phone is that it supports two SIM cards. With such constraints, choice is quite limited unfortunately. Is it worth having a free device? Indeed. Is it worth spending 4 times the price just for that? Not to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ranzispa@mander.xyz 2 points 4 months ago I consider price and technical specifications. I don't have 200€ to spend on a phone. Most phones I bought were less than 100€ new. What I care about a phone is that it supports two SIM cards. With such constraints, choice is quite limited unfortunately. Is it worth having a free device? Indeed. Is it worth spending 4 times the price just for that? Not to me. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 child) Intentionally non-standard hardware does not get a real custom rom. It’s just a mod of Android which Google can render intentionally incompatible any time they want permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] kepix@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago not like linux phones are super compatible permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kepix@lemmy.world 1 point 4 months ago not like linux phones are super compatible permalink fedilink source parent