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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• grue@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The exceptions are things like my phone because it’s a necessary device these days and there aren’t a lot of options for something not locked down to all hell.

  Graphene is good enough, IMO.

  The real problem is that getting to 99% is damn near a full-time job and the capitalist cartel actively punishes it (by only offering owner control in ‘commercial-grade’ products at huge markup, or not manufacturing such things at all and forcing you to DIY).

  It’s unreasonable to expect any but the most dedicated (read: stubborn) people like us to be able to handle it; the only viable solution for the masses is to wrestle back control of the government and end regulatory capture of the FTC etc.

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• Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Though it looks like that could change eventually with a Linux phone.

  Nope. There is firmware on cellular modems that is controlled by the chip vendor.

  Carriers work with chip companies to make sure devices work on their network but they don’t even get the source, just early release blobs for the network engineers head of the device’s release.

  This code is literally the most widely used closed source code. It is more locked down than the firmware on any other device you own. It often illegal to reverse engineer.

  More reading

  I’m sure one day there will be open source code for this but it’s going to come long after a Linux phone and until we can be anonymize with the tower, there is no privacy.

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• rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Though it looks like that could change eventually with a Linux phone.

  SailfishOS is mostly daily drivable, depends on which Android apps you need (there’s a compatibility layer to run Android apps on it), with bank apps it’s often a problem.

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  • scintilla@crust.piefed.social ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Banking apps are something that need to be working before most people will even be able to attempt to switch to a linux phone. If the options are call and be on hold for at least an hour when I probably am working got to a physical location also open only when I’m working or using a banking app that’s available 24/7 the last one is the only viable option for many people.

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    • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I can log on to my bank through a website

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    • rikudou@lemmings.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Well, that’s why you’ll have to try out. Or ask someone to at least try whether it opens, the apps mostly either fail on start because they require a Google certified Android, or they don’t fail at all.

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  • manxu@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Online banking can frequently be handled via the web site on mobile phones.

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