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@humanamerican@lemmy.zip on lemmy.zip Open parent

Graphene really is the next best thing. If you can get your hands on a used Pixel or splurge for a new one, you won’t regret converting. At least until there’s a production-ready gnuPhone

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@Melobol@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

I don’t really understand why Pixel is that evryone likes/they support. I can’t accept the fact that there is no external sd card support. I believe I am getting old because I am very stuck on this point, even more than the headphone jack.

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@TheOubliette@lemmy.ml on lemmy.ml Open parent

Pixels are the main target of aftermarket ROMs because they are reference Android devices with highly available unlocked developer modes. Most companies producing phones do things like add propriety changes that require substantial workarounds for relatively basic hardware functionality and make it much more difficult to even install an aftermarket ROM. Really this is all a consequence of capitalism itself and the need to lock in ecosystems to establish controlled markets (allowing for controlling one’s own profit). Every phone could be fully unlockable and hackable by the end user, but companies specifically prevent this in order to maximize their own profits.

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@partofthevoice@lemmy.zip on lemmy.zip Open parent

Apple do a hell of a job teaching people that means it’s more fancy.

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@Rekorse@sh.itjust.works on sh.itjust.works Open parent

Yeah but apple actually takes care of its customers. They are one of the few ones that is exactly what it seems, and isn’t expensive or cheap. Most people saying apple devices are overpriced simply aren’t the target demographic for the products.

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@pivot_root@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

isn’t expensive Bullshit. Upgrading from 1 TB of internal storage to 2 TB on a laptop is not a $250 expense. Before the memory crisis, I could have bought a brand new M.2 SSD with the full 2 TB for less than that.

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@INeedANewUserName@piefed.social on piefed.social Open parent

yeah but it is nearly double that now

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@pivot_root@lemmy.world on lemmy.world Open parent

I did say before the memory crisis. It’s not a bad deal now comparatively with everything else being overpriced, but that doesn’t change the fact that Apple hardware is itself overpriced.

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INeedANewUserName in !privacy

@INeedANewUserName@piefed.social · Mar 03

I wasn’t disagreeing just pointing out that a 2TB NVME went from like $180 to $450 :( (as of yesterday at Microcenter at least was $400 last week)

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