“For security”.
Maybe. Just not mine.
Comment on Android updates: thanks I hate it.
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days agoThat’s one aspect, but many phones are also just straight-up not jail-breakeable. It’s an unfortunate reality of the phone manufacturing world that they put up as many barriers as possible to try and prevent you from having free range with your phone.
Adulated_Aspersion@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Mwa@lemm.ee 2 days ago
Ohh yeah, Samsung will
- Disable Knox
- Prevent updates to Oneui + Android
throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Because for the average non-techy person, security is more important than freedom.
Life is busy, life is short, people don’t have time to be flashing OS and having to deal with their banking stuff breaking.
I mean, just look the iPhone marketshare
zqps@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The average user doesn’t give a fuck about security. They use whatever manufacturers put in front of them because the alternatives are not known or reasonably available to them.
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
True, but if you had the ability to flash your OS, there’d also be the potential of using a third paty repair shop to get it flashed with a new OS. That would be about the same experience as getting a new phone, but cheaper.