(I had another account but I had to use this one because I forgot the password...)
So, my son's girlfriend is really obsessed with collecting old devices and "jailbreaking" them and it seems quite popular. I've never done it before, I wonder why it's so popular?
19 Comments
vatlark@lemmy.world · 125 pts · 193d
Damn, the kids sound cool these days
Motherof3@lemmings.world · 44 pts · 193d
Most of them are, especially her! She got my son into it :)
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 30 pts · 192d
Admit it, you only made this post to brag about the cool kids you know!
bobo1900@startrek.website · 93 pts · 193d
AlexLost@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 192d
It's not just fun, it's the future. Job markets want people that can do things, and if/when society collapses, Jerry rigging shit will be useful. Totally get bullet 3. To think we thought having the world at our fingertips would lead us to more wisdom instead of uncertainty.
gaiussabinus@lemmy.world · 81 pts · 193d
That chic is sick as fuck. That is awesome
Motherof3@lemmings.world · 35 pts · 193d
My son truly has good taste haha!
HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml · 57 pts · 192d
A smartphone is a handheld computer. Why should it be restricted to what software the company arbitrarily decides should be allowed to run on it?
Also suggests she's a technically minded person who likes to know how things work and is not satisfied with a black box. Jailbreaking uncovers the complex machine a smartphone truly is, something that Apple tries very hard to hide behind its patronizingly simple interface.
discocactus@lemmy.world · 56 pts · 192d
First of all, keeper.
This person has a lot to teach you about the pursuit of freedom. Why don't you ask her? And ask her to teach you?
First_Thunder@lemmy.zip · 45 pts · 193d
(Assuming here you don’t know what jailbreaking means) Jailbreaking simply means doing what you want to your devices, which may mean bypassing artificial restrictions made by who made them. Not sure how popular it is with the youths, but I sure would like to meet people like those
Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz · 34 pts · 193d
Why don't you ask her directly? If she's so obsessed with it, I'm sure she would like to explain her interests. Might be a really good bonding opportunity!
Iamsqueegee@sh.itjust.works · 24 pts · 193d
Imagine you bought a deck of cards to play Go Fish and you only ever played Go Fish and you only let people use your cards to play Go Fish and somebody else said, hey, we could play sooo many other games. That’s kinda in the neighborhood of jailbreaking.
ideonek@piefed.social · 3 pts · 192d
You basicly described Uno. Which is jailed Macau.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 192d
Fun hobby, sometimes challenging.
I have several android phones all with a unique OS that isn't the default google android.
My daily phone is running GraphenesOS that restores your privacy by sandboxing googles apps away from the main system. As well as some other hardening functions.
Cort@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 192d
I've heard of some younger kids getting into older digital cameras and camera phones. Apparently it's like having an (old-timey) Instagram filter built in.
Not sure if that's the reason, but I know I've done jailbreaking and odd tech stuff 'just because I can'
bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 193d
I mean im obsessed with getting and doing easy mods ot consoles and other electronic things. I think its the tism
Camille_Jamal@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 192d
Bro me too I also tism
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 166d
Congrats to your son!
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 191d
gerryflap@feddit.nl · 1 pts · 191d
hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org · -3 pts · 193d
ik reddit is shit lately but you might wanna visit r/legacyjailbreak
brooke592@sh.itjust.works · -25 pts · 191d
Bosht@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 191d
brooke592@sh.itjust.works · -9 pts · 191d
christian@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 191d
brooke592@sh.itjust.works · -6 pts · 191d
Twisted_Alien@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 191d