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wasn't paying attention - my bad.

wtf is up with telcos in wherever are you from?

Oh you know, they are given free reign because

Internet pricing/speed isn't great either.

Tale as old as time.

It won't happen due to voice over lte.

If calls/SMS are not 100% then it’s not a phone

Mmm yes incomplete ROMs with a ton of self-congratulatory posting

good idea however if you ever feel like needing a phone again..
i have one word for you:GrapheneOS

That is where the dumb phone comes in which only deals with calls/SMS.

My country has some of the best internet in the world now that I think of it... just didn't realize none of that was that common elsewere, here you can go to a corner store, as in they sell groceries, and buy a sim card for 1usd, then activate it, and put money on it with cash at that same grocery store, or pay fully online, not so long ago, you didn't even needed an ID to activate those.

If you have to buy a dumb phone for your smartphone then you did not buy a smartphone, is my point

Try Neo Backup.

It's worked pretty well for me in the past.

That does sound fucking based, but probably can't run android apps as well right?

As gross as Google's endless enshittification is, I blame the consumers for most of it. People vote with their wallets and they've been voting for the locked up walled garden crap option for the past two decades, especially in the US, where there is literally a culture of "ew, you have a green message bubble!" and chasing a status symbol is way more important than things like actual ownership over your devices, digital freedom and customization. And funnily enough, Google's hardware sales have started increasing steadily since they've started copying Apple's shitty model.

ROMS have (almost) always been incomplete works. They have always been sideprojects, by tech enthusiasts that wanted to learn. They just happen to share those projects to any who would be interested, with no warranty.

Isn't GrapheneOS just another android os?

LiberuxOS contain jailed Android I think. Bit if not you can install Waydroid.

In any case, this is the other side of freedom. For some reason, people want corporations to provide them with convenient functions and applications for free and not take anything as a substitute. It doesn't happen that way, communism hasn't arrived. Either convenience under the wing of corporations, or freedom in all its wild splendor.

UPD: Freedom systems will never even become popular and convenient if everyone chooses the convenience of corporate systems.

Only for Google Pixels

Ah yes, the consumers having no real practical alternative between apple and android means they support all the bullshit Google is forcing onto android ^/s^

How do you propose I vote with my wallet when using something like grapheneOS requires buying a pixel?

I mean, if google is on track to ban sideloading, there's not doubt they will also ban bootloader unlocking.