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Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years ago

Why are we still fighting smartphone bloatware in 2025?

www.androidauthority.com

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Why are we still fighting smartphone bloatware in 2025?

www.androidauthority.com

Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years ago
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I was excited to dive into my new smartphone only to once again waste precious time uninstalling bloatware before I could enjoy it.
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  • Potato Lover 💾 No brain found@lemmy.sdf.org
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    It’s 2025 already?

    Shit, I overslept again.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    Money

  • Bezier@suppo.fi
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    I moved from samsung’s trash-filled bloat os to lineageos, and my only regret is not doing it sooner.

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      • psud@aussie.zone
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        Search for lineage os your phone model if you’re lucky someone will have ported the project to your device, the more popular it was the more likely

        There are reasonable instructions

        Your phone will need an unlocked bootloader, and it will not be able to be locked again while running lineage. This will prevent the use of any secure software which includes most bank apps, login authenticators. Local security is entirely bypassed by the unlocked bootloader

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      That’s great if you have one of the handful of phones supported, but for the rest of us, not so much.

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        • skribe@aussie.zone
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          Apart from the pixels, which current range of phones is supported?

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            You can find the supported devices in the list - https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/

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              And how many are current? Apart from the pixels, there’s nothing available where I live unless you buy second-hand (which has issues of its own).

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