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umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• snowdriftissue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  locked down How? They allow users to install 3rd party ROMs and GrapheneOS

  unrepairable They’re not the best, but far from the worst. I’ve done multiple repairs on mine without much issue. There are first party parts and guides available on iFixit.

  us company I guess?

  aids in war and surveillance! You’d be hard pressed to find a manufacturer that doesn’t

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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    • snowdriftissue@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

      relying on a country that doles out sanctions and bombings like it’s parking tickets.

      This is a much larger issue that has little to do with anything we’re talking about

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• 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  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 ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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• Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We are talking about Android, not Apple.

  Android phones can be user repaired and repaired by third parties without Googles permission.

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  • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    depends on what you need repaired. upgrades are a big no too.

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    • Xatolos@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      What part can’t be repaired? Some parts may be soldered to the board, but the board can be fixed without Googles blessing.

      And upgrades were never a part of the original comment, so what does that have to do with my comment?

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      • umbrella@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        you seem to have answered your own question.

        if i can’t cheaply repair an old board, or source parts, it’s not repairable.

        upgrading is part of what makes old computers still usable.

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