(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?
- doing things you are not supposed to do is fun
- thinkering with electronics in fun
- we are sacrificing our freedom to megacorporations that continously tell us what to do, what to think, what you can and can’t do with devices we own and enshittify them. Taking back some of that freedom feels good
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.
(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
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!
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.
ik reddit is shit lately but you might wanna visit r/legacyjailbreak
be a lot cooler if you didnt
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Congrats to your son!
