Comment by dijit
4 years ago
> so one can load their own ROM without Goople Play Services
Yeah this is the mobile phone equivalent of growing your own vegetables.
I get it, I'm a techy, but until the day is here where rooted phones aren't treated like a special case: for most people if they buy a droid then it's actually significantly worse for their personal privacy than an Apple device.
I don't want that to be the case, but until the pine phone is here and starts being a reasonable alternative; that's how it is.
> I don't want that to be the case, but until the pine phone is here and starts being a reasonable alternative; that's how it is.
Someone will have to buy the pine phone when it is not a reasonable alternative to support the effort and keep the ball rolling.
> Yeah this is the mobile phone equivalent of growing your own vegetables.
Sadly...I know. The unfortunate thing is my recommendation for my family/friends for a phone is an iPhone, because it really is the best for security/privacy today, and they at least support their phones for much longer than an Android.
> I don't want that to be the case, but until the pine phone is here and starts being a reasonable alternative; that's how it is.
Fortunately, I think that time is coming sooner than later.
So you are giving up and essentially handing over Apple your rights?
It's no surprise why we got to this point.
Who are you talking to? The literal millions of people who see no choice other than Android?
Because that's who I'm speaking for.