Well, an unlockable bootloader that allows flashing any operating system would be nice. You can install Linux on a Macbook, so why not an iPhone?
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Henry@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
EU: All smartphones must has the ability to load Android, including iPhones.
pHr34kY@lemmy.world 10 months ago
pmarcilus@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
You stress it like it’s a bad thing
paintbucketholder@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“But it would be bad for my favorite trillion dollar corporation and for their bottom line!!!”
I’ll never understand consumers who insist to take the side of the corporation target than of the customer on these issues.
focusedkiwibear@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Because this isn’t good for the consumer only short sighted leftists who love others taking control for them are cool with the government telling companies how they can make their products
__dev@lemmy.world 10 months ago
You say that like Apple would have to put in a ton of work for that. Android can already run on iPhones. It’s just an ARM computer. Project Sandcastle already exists. All they have to do is allow unlocking the bootloader just like they do on macs.
smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Ability for OS makers to freely port their systems would be super cool. Replacable batteries with this and imagine how used phone market would shine up.
My parents won’t spend more than 150$ on a phone. I don’t want to buy them cheap Android phones that are always loaded with spyware and installs dozens of bloat on first boot. I want to buy used 5 year’s old phone with much high build quality, then slap new lightweight OS and new battery on it.
mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 10 months ago
or installing any OS you want without voiding the warranty? I mean when you buy a computer, no one cares if you install Windows or Linux. So why do smartphone manufacturers care?
qyron@lemmy.pt 10 months ago
Unless a lot as changed, they do care.
Every single laptop and any prebuilt computer I find in the market comes pre installed with a Windows.
A good friend approached me to install a Linux on a brand new machine and just to make sure we called the customer support line, informing there was interest to return the windows license, as the software would not be used.
The reply we got was that by removing the software the warranty of the equipment would be null and void. The option was to ship the computer to their maintenance provider and have it removed, with costs presented at end for labour.