I sent the FTC a letter asking them to look into the practices of bootloader locking. They did they they would consider looking into it
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cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 8 months ago
OK, now ban bootloader locking next.
androidisking@lemmy.world 8 months ago
refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 8 months ago
How did you go about doing that? I wanted to ask them about being able to replace the primary bootloader, including signing keys for any device that a user has paid for, which is a step above bootloader unlocking.
brb@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
It’s one command to unlock so what’s the point?
BigFatNips@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
…on OEM unlocked devices that you buy upfront and pay full price for. Buy one second hand? Fuck you. Get one through a carrier? Fuck you. Get a gift from a family member who has upgraded? You guessed it, fuck you.
brb@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
I wasn’t aware that anything can block unlocking it. Learned something new thanks
sunzu@kbin.run 8 months ago
Don't Sammy do and apple do it... Not even carriers?
Lojcs@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Pretty sure Samsung does it to appease carriers since they sell unlocked snapdragon variants elsewhere
LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 months ago
If you buy a phone from Verizon its perma locked for no reason
bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 8 months ago
Oh there’s a reason. Hotspot bypass being a big one is wager.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 8 months ago
But I can use a non Verizon phone on Verizon? Are they just trying g to dissuade it because the people doing hotspot bypass are likely gonna do the research.
dinckelman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
For quite a long time now, it’s been the case that if your vendor makes this hard as is, a carrier on top of that will make it considerably worse. As an example, take a look at older Samsung devices, that all needed special-tailored roms for each carrier variant