c/technology · by poddo@discuss.tchncs.de · 2y

Introduction to Hardware Restrictions: Can You Trust Your Phone?

https://trustinghardware.com/jekyll/update/2023/10/21/hardwaresrelationshiptocensorship.html

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10 Comments

long_chicken_boat@sh.itjust.works · 23 pts · 2y (3 replies)

short answer: no

DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Betteridge's Law of Headlines

Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.

It is based on the assumption that if the publishers were confident that the answer was yes, they would have presented it as an assertion; by presenting it as a question, they are not accountable for whether it is correct or not.

[The adage does not apply to questions that are more open-ended than strict yes–no questions.]

thejml@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y

Sweet, there’s a Law about this that i already followed and just didn’t realize!

rhythmisaprancer@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y

So is there something like "DontTreadOnBigfoot's law of laws," that everything has a law?

btaf45@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y (5 replies)

Android has at least one major advantage over Apple. It lets you use alternate app stores and sideways loading.

sir_reginald@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y (4 replies)

you can replace the whole OS if you wanted to. iPhones will always be golden jails.

PlatinumSf@pawb.social · -2 pts · 2y (3 replies)

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sir_reginald@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

well of course you have to take into account those factors when buying a phone. In Android phones it's still a possibility, unlike with iPhones where your phone will be more Apple's property than yours.

PlatinumSf@pawb.social · -1 pts · 2y (1 reply)

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sir_reginald@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I'm not shilling for Android. I hate Android and I hate Google. Yet, I have to use Android because the alternative is way worse.

I made the comparison with Apple because that was what the original comment said. Of course I hate Apple, just as I hate Google. I wouldn't even touch an Android phone if it weren't because they can be completely degoogled. iPhones can't be deappled.

And yes, it requires technical knowledge and carriers' devices are locked down. But as I said, it's a possibility. Not for the common person, of course, but those who need or want it, will find that option.

Zima@kbin.social · 8 pts · 2y

of course not.

Mojojojo1993@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y