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 Sunshine (she/her)   ( @Sunshine@piefed.ca ) M to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months ago

Samsung appears to be locking its boot loaders for everyone with One UI 8

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Samsung appears to be locking its boot loaders for everyone with One UI 8

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 Sunshine (she/her)   ( @Sunshine@piefed.ca ) M to Linux Phones@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months ago
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Samsung has made a change to its Android code in One UI 8 that will stop people from running custom software.
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    Before you go with a new pixel, how do you feel about this?

    Android Development Is Going Private As Google Confirms Big Strategy Shift

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      So far from what I’ve read on the grapheneOS forums it won’t affect them that much. And sadly I don’t think there is any alternative. Fairphone isn’t that great, they lack hardware based security compared to pixels.

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