It’s either Linux phone or fighting in the trenches a losing battle against one the most powerful companies in history. Android offering a desktop mode is good if taken in the context of running an open source software on hardware you own.
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umbrella@lemmy.ml 21 hours ago
yay, locked down unrepairable computers owned by a us company that aids in war and surveillance!
100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 19 hours ago
umbrella@lemmy.ml 13 hours ago
yeah, it’s nice in that context.
in fact, it’s something that could have been a thing for a while, they had phones doing this in 2012ish.
Xatolos@reddthat.com 13 hours ago
We are talking about Android, not Apple.
Android phones can be user repaired and repaired by third parties without Googles permission.
umbrella@lemmy.ml 12 hours ago
depends on what you need repaired. upgrades are a big no too.
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
umbrella@lemmy.ml 20 hours ago
android in general is pretty locked down. following this trend will see actually unlocked and repairable computers replaced by locked phones.
pixels are fine but not available everywhere.
snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
There are a lot of assumptions baked into everything you’re saying. It’s really not that deep. Google Pixels make up a tiny fraction of total mobile market share. This isn’t the start of some doomsday scenario where the only computers available are Google Pixels. You’re allowed to buy what you want. I need a phone anyway, and personally I’d rather have one device than two if I can.
This is a much larger issue that has little to do with anything we’re talking about