Which 4 countries?
It's not called "sideloading", by the way, it's called installing software on your own computer.
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People are gonna ignore this, then complain that โno one warned them about thisโ or โwhy didnโt you try harder warning usโ
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Now is this the time for Jolla and PostmarketOS.
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Been running Lineage OS for a few years on older pixel phones but decided to grab a Pixel Fold off of eBay and going to load Graphene onto it.
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If only I had the luxury of owning a phone that was compatible with any of the alternative OSs.
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Just got a Fairphone 6 with CalyxOS.
Bank app works (in seperate user profile, fucking scanning bullshit) and the other verification apps seem to be working like steam too (even though they say on their site that steam does not work).
The vast majority if my apps are FDroid anyway
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I'll be getting an e/OS phone very soon and all the phones in my houses will follow as soon as possible.
Isn't it already restricted in those four countries? We need to pushback harder so the restrictions apply not to four countries, but rather to zero.
I am a long time Samsung user, always rooted but obviously not fully degoogled, simply because I like the hardware. I have downloaded and backed up the firmware, ready to be patched for a rooted install at any moment if I would ever need to factory reset. I realize that rooting isn't a realistic solution for most users, but for those that it is, it makes your device "unofficial" or "unsupported" or whatever and as for Samsung specifically, as long as you don't upgrade from One UI 7 and you have a European model, your bootloader will remain unlockable.
As for apps, I get everything from the source with Obtainium, except for my state issued electronic ID, a paid music player and a banking app, which I get from the Play Store, which I only unfreeze and unblock when I intentionally update.
I also have an old Galaxy Note 9, on which I run Lineage OS, but it just sits there, just in case.
It would be cool to make a petition to the PR folks at Revolut or some other big international banking entity and petition for another attestation option.
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