This is why I bought a pixel 6
Comment on OnePlus update blocks downgrades and custom ROMs by blowing a fuse
stebator@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Many users were buying OpenPlus Pro smartphones solely because of the ability to unlock the bootloader and flash custom ROMs. People value freedom and customization. OpenPlus is shooting itself in the foot.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
MrKoyun@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
This will never stop being funny
festus@lemmy.ca 15 hours ago
Sadly, at least in the North American market, Google’s Pixel phones are basically the last good phones you can reliably install your own ROM on.
MrKoyun@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
What a sad world.
raldone01@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
I also went with a pixel 6a with grafeneos because there are no other good options for me.
I would have preferred fairphone 6 + calyx but that is on hiatus and I couldn’t wait longer.
evol@lemmy.today 7 hours ago
I increasingly small amount of their userbase cares about that now, its a mainstream device now
hume_lemmy@lemmy.ca 16 hours ago
Oppo killed and ate OP a long time ago. They’ve just been wearing their skin like a suit up to this point, but their true nature is obvious at this point.