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• Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Bought from Apple. Voted with your wallet to support the walled garden infrastructure, gave up all of your software freedom for a shiny interface, blue bubbles, and some casual marketing.

  And now that users like you realized how fucked you really are once Apple decides it’s time to extract more value from you, now you come crawling to the OSS community for a path out of the walled garden.

  I mean, the community will still help you. But I can’t say I like Apple users after years upon years hearing them sing praises about the walled garden and worshipping the company’s abuses at every step of the way. At least we warned you about when this would happen, I suppose. Maybe some of them will realize their mistakes. I doubt it.

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  • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I had four android phones from three different manufacturers die in less than a year, one of them wouldn’t put out any updates after a year either. I went back to iPhone and it lasted for four years.

    I’m not voting with my wallet, I’m picking the device that causes the least amount of headache and just fucking works when I need it to. I have to have one of these to keep my job.

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Let me guess. You’re one of the people who compared a full priced iPhone to an entry level android and were upset that the $150-200 device wasn’t comparable? That’s like buying a chromebook and expecting it to have the same specs as a top of the line Macbook (you have to find a device that has bang for buck, not be a cheapskate)

      Also, you can shop around and find a device with a support lifetime shown on their website. Google does it. Samsung does it. Oneplus does it. Even fucking Motorola does it. If you install something like PostmarketOS, you can get a support lifetime after the manufacturer stops caring as well. Or install something like GrapheneOS on the Pixel line that’s untethered from google. They have a support lifetime on their website too.

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      • acosmichippo@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

        Oneplus

        lol now we know you’re full of shit.

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      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        2 of them were Galaxy Notes and others were flagships as well. Quit being a douche.

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  • Luci@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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    • Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      GrapheneOS and PostmarketOS are independently developed forks, not a “hacked android rom” (I guess you’re saying that to demonize the projects and imply ineptitude?), and have hardware support lists along with expected security support lifetimes if you’re willing to look.

      Also, as I mentioned to the other commenter, every manufacturer should list the EOL support dates on their website. Just read that, and then pick accordingly. Or, and crazy thought here - look around for community reviews and recommendations! Don’t just go off Apple’s marketing! Wild concept!

      (Also pinephone and Fairphone are two examples of Linux phones, but they aren’t super fleshed out yet so I wouldn’t recommend them either. Just find a device with a good EOL date and an unlocked bootloader.)

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      • Luci@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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