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snowdriftissue@lemmy.world 23 hours agolocked 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
umbrella@lemmy.ml 22 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 21 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