You can include your phone specific model if you want.

I just got a Samsung Galaxy S23, switching from an iPhone 11, because I kinda fear that Apple might turn evil and start banning apps from the app store. I mean I knew about how restrictive iOS was but I kinda just justified it by the increased security that I perceived it to be. But recent events made me realize a corporation can turn from mildly annoying to full-on evil very quickly. With Android, I have the option of avoiding the Google Play Store if they start to do weird things with it. So that’s my story, what about you?

  • cwagner@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    9·
    2 years ago

    Isn’t Samsung kinda locked down? I always thought they were the Apple of Android.

    I use a OnePlus Nord with LineageOS, it’s cheap and has official* support. I don’t care much for my phone, I want some sync, look up some stuff, and that’s it.

    * Actually got dropped a week later, but some people stepped up, and now it’s official again.

    • Is This Lemmy Open?@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Um no? Depends on what you mean by “locked down”. For custom ROM? Probabaly. But for me, I just want to install apps without the approval of a corporation. If the appstore servers shut down or gets DDOSed for some reason, you’re out of luck.

      • relevants@feddit.deEnglish
        3·
        2 years ago

        If you are an EU resident you could just keep your iPhone and wait for the sideloading law to kick in, then you don’t have to worry about that anymore either.

          • relevants@feddit.deEnglish
            41·
            2 years ago

            Oh, in that case I guess Apple might region lock the feature, so switching is still a good call. Although in the grand scheme of things I think the legislation will still have a positive impact elsewhere and possibly motivate some US states to follow suit, like what California did after the GDPR.

      • ShadowAether@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        Did apple shut down sideloading then? When I was testing on iOS, dev local installation was a pain but I would assume that’s still an option if you enable the dev features

    • ShadowAether@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I don’t think they are any more “locked down” than the other vendors, usually they have a bunch more features on top of base android. I never used their store tho so idk if that’s what you’re refering to