Comment on A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades

jet@hackertalks.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  A big part of it is built in batteries that are difficult to replace. My phone has a removable battery and has is on its third one now… still works fine and does everything I want it to, after 10 years of use.

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  • bobdowl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s honorable that you struggle through 2013 Android, but using an internet enabled device that hasn’t received security updates in at least 7 years is a horrible idea.

    Upgrade to a Fairphone at least, so you can keep replacing parts while also maintaining a base level of security.

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    • Voyajer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      He could be using a ROM with up to date security patches, I believe since phones from that era still have active custom ROM communities.

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      • Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You’re correct, I’m running Lineage Os 17 (android 11)

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      • bobdowl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I was considering that, seems unlikely to me, though.

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    • Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I run Lineage Os on it. (Android 11) with the latest security patch being from august 2023, so it’s pretty much up to date.

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    • OrteilGenou@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Wish I had heard of fairphone before I bought a pixel. I have to decline Google assistant popups every fucking day

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      • Guildo@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Is google pixel so bad? I thought those are solid phones…

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      • hedgehog@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Pixels are the best phones to use for Graphene OS. You could also install some other degoogled Android distro, like LineageOS.

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      • GeneralVincent@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Do you mean a pop up from accidentally summoning Google assistant from holding the home button? I’ve had that issue on a couple Android phones and have had good luck going into settings and disabling it.

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      • jet@hackertalks.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        You can put a rom on it. Like grafino West, or calix OS. That’ll get rid of the assistant pop-ups.

        I realize the names are wrong, but this is Google voice to text. I’m going to stand by Google’s decision. This is clearly how they should be spelled

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