I just bought a new smartphone. It's a bit of fidgeting away from obsoleting our IPhones and Samsungs. For 120 euros, and some tech skills you get a lot of value.
i run a degooged os with sandboxing for any play service dependencys on a librephone. 100/10 would recommend for people who want an adless secure forward phone.
Sandboxing is cool, but I think isolation should be the default, not the exception. I'm planning to put all (non system critical) apps in userspace and make the default permissions limited
Cameras and game performance are about the only things for most people.
My phone died, so I got a flagship phone for once in my life. Got one with really good cameras with the intention of running it till it dies. Plus I absolutely love the stylus it comes with. I had the money, so it's not a financial burden.
I keep phones for like 6-8 years lol. Had my iphone 4s well past the support date lol. Same with my 6. Now on Android, first with a budget one that died, now with a nice one I hope to get many years out of.
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Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 1y
I just bought a new smartphone. It's a bit of fidgeting away from obsoleting our IPhones and Samsungs. For 120 euros, and some tech skills you get a lot of value.
anonproxy00@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
i run a degooged os with sandboxing for any play service dependencys on a librephone. 100/10 would recommend for people who want an adless secure forward phone.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 1y
Heck ye! I'm planning a step further: I won't be installing any google services. Turns out nothing I use depends on them
ikidd@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Fdroid is a pretty good source of apps that don't use any Play Services APIs.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 1y
Yuz, I've got it! I like it better than google's thing, it doesn't spam me with random crap
anonproxy00@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y
I aswell can rep for F-droid. the only thing i use google play for rn is my android auto(wip) and doordash (shopping for my grandma)
Also gotta reccomend GraphineOS for phone, I really like how it handles sandboxing and compartmentaliztion.
Boomkop3@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 1y
Sandboxing is cool, but I think isolation should be the default, not the exception. I'm planning to put all (non system critical) apps in userspace and make the default permissions limited
DaddleDew@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Had there even been a substantial enough improvement to justify buying a new phone in the last 5 years?
tfm@europe.pub · 3 pts · 1y
Not really. Only if you don't receive security updates anymore.
Bubs@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Cameras and game performance are about the only things for most people.
My phone died, so I got a flagship phone for once in my life. Got one with really good cameras with the intention of running it till it dies. Plus I absolutely love the stylus it comes with. I had the money, so it's not a financial burden.
I keep phones for like 6-8 years lol. Had my iphone 4s well past the support date lol. Same with my 6. Now on Android, first with a budget one that died, now with a nice one I hope to get many years out of.