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Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

This sucks for the average person but, well, everything tends to. If you don’t look for avenues around literally everything “default”, you’re being scammed. They don’t, so they will be.

I do, so I’ll be carrying a Oneplus 6T and slapping a mobile Linux OS on it for my needs.

that’s not usable!

For you.

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grue@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

If you don’t look for avenues around literally everything “default”, you’re being scammed. They don’t, so they will be.

And this is why the real solution we need is enforcement of anti-trust law, not mere individual boycotts.

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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What about flip phones?

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- Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  There is an interesting new breed of flip phones that can be tethered to for internet access. I could imagine a flip-phone + laptop setup being perfect for a lot of users here.
  
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  - Korhaka@sopuli.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I think my CatB40 dumb phone does tethering, a flip phone would look cooler though. What are some good ones to look for? But as I occasionally have it in a pouch for kayaking it might not be the most useful to have a flip phone as you can’t really open it when its sealed. But if cheap enough I could always swap a SIM between a few.
    
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r4venw@sh.itjust.works ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Ive got the 7T. What OS are you gonna use?

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- Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’m going to try all of them. I’ve always wanted to just go to ebay, buy a 6T and try some of these operating systems. It’s the target phone for about half of them. What interests me the most is Plasma Mobile on PostmarketOS. It looks slick and not too dissimilar from Android.
  
  Linux on mobile is very specific. The 6T isn’t even perfectly supported by anything, it’s just supported enough to be functional.
  
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