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We Must Break The Chains (infosec.pub)

submitted 4 days ago by Sunshine@piefed.social to c/linuxphones@lemmy.ca

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Apple and Google will gladly erase the works of developers to chase profits.

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[–] Longmactoppedup@aussie.zone 16 points 4 days ago

[–] maya@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 4 days ago (7 children)

I find it amusing that I don't "sideload" at all on my linux phone, rather, basically everything I want is already in the repos.

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[–] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 3 days ago (10 children)

are the prices affordable ?

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[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I still have high hopes for the Open WebOS project.

[–] tetris11@feddit.uk 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

WebOS was amazing. I didn't know what performance was until I touched a WebOS phone

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[–] primrosepathspeedrun@anarchist.nexus 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If the big problem is licensing proprietary protocols, wht not just make pirate distros?

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[–] Maiznieks@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Is pinephone still an option? I never got one, any alternatives?

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[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 days ago (3 children)

"Corporate needs you to install this app on your phone..."

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[–] Sunshine@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

I can’t wait to no longer be forced to use the robber baron apple’s AppStore.

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