▲ 1518 ▼ Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann (www.youtube.com) submitted 1 year ago by rustyredox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 500 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://consumerrights.wiki/index.php?title=Android_Developer_Verification
[–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (3 children) $1000 USD for a mobile phone...no thanks. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago* (2 children) It used to be a pocket computer, now its just a mini-prison-cell. If anyone is using currently using a flagship phone, when your phone dies and you need a replacement: consider just getting a cheap $100 android phone then spend the rest of the money you would've spent on a flagship on a portable PC instead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Spot on! +1 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago* This is the route I went years ago. Not only do i not feel like lugging around an obnoxiously long buttonless 1kg remote control, within two months the display will be shattered because I sneezed, and I will have to buy a new one because replacing the screen costs as much as a new phone. I know they do that shit by design. Why would the back side of the phone need to be made of fucking glass? It's literally the only reason I ever buy new phones, the screen is the only thing that ever breaks, and they never survive long enough to be "too old" to use. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 year ago* (2 children) It used to be a pocket computer, now its just a mini-prison-cell. If anyone is using currently using a flagship phone, when your phone dies and you need a replacement: consider just getting a cheap $100 android phone then spend the rest of the money you would've spent on a flagship on a portable PC instead permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago Spot on! +1 permalink fedilink source parent [–] tomiant@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago* This is the route I went years ago. Not only do i not feel like lugging around an obnoxiously long buttonless 1kg remote control, within two months the display will be shattered because I sneezed, and I will have to buy a new one because replacing the screen costs as much as a new phone. I know they do that shit by design. Why would the back side of the phone need to be made of fucking glass? It's literally the only reason I ever buy new phones, the screen is the only thing that ever breaks, and they never survive long enough to be "too old" to use. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tomiant@programming.dev 1 point 1 year ago* This is the route I went years ago. Not only do i not feel like lugging around an obnoxiously long buttonless 1kg remote control, within two months the display will be shattered because I sneezed, and I will have to buy a new one because replacing the screen costs as much as a new phone. I know they do that shit by design. Why would the back side of the phone need to be made of fucking glass? It's literally the only reason I ever buy new phones, the screen is the only thing that ever breaks, and they never survive long enough to be "too old" to use. permalink fedilink source parent