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>reboot to bootloader -> unlock -> you will use your warranty -> yes
It's fucking outrageous that companies are allowed to blatantly lie like that (you will not, in fact, lose your warranty -- Federal law doesn't allow it). Every company that displays such a fraudulent message ought to be fined by the FTC, or worse.
ought to be fined by the FTC, or worse
Fines don't work, just start throwing people in jail already.
By its nature, the only penalties that can be applied to a corporate entity are fines or revoking its charter. The latter is what I had in mind when I wrote "or worse," although I suppose piercing the corporate veil and going after the company's executives personally is certainly an option too!
OP seems to be Austrian. I don't think the FTC has anything to say about Austrian laws.
OP may or may not be Austrian, but is definitely behind seven proxies
At this point, I find a rom I like then shop for a new phone in the supported section
Bought my Pixel just for GrapheneOS. It is not perfect, but better than all the Samsung etc. shit. And for the next couple years I am not forced to upgrade due to missing security updates, so there's that.
I am concerned to find myself in a green text unironically
My sexual orientation is now this post.
Don't forget the part where the preinstalled OS forces you to accept the Google ToS. You just spent a few hundred bucks on a new phone and then it won't let you use it without also selling your soul.
All that trouble yet you still install whatsapp. Make them text you by sms
Signal
SMS is arguably worse than WhatsApp, at least in terms of overall security
SMS is literally unencrypted and contents of messages stored on your cell provider’s servers. At least WhatsApp is E2E encrypted (even if the metadata isn’t- just use Signal).
SMS lol
Make them text you by sms
SMS is expensive in Europe. There is a border and international charges every 100 kms.
GrapheneOS. Easy, quick, reliable.
Yeah you have to buy a phone by Google but I don't mind giving them money to reward them for making a decent phone with an easily unlockable bootloader that lets you do what you want with it, even if it means denying them your data. This is extremely atypical from a company like Google so I want to encourage that kind of behavior.
decent phone
-costs $800
-no SD slot
-no headphone jack
-no swappable battery
-camera juts off the back so it doesn't even sit flat
But hey, you can take your temperature by pointing the camera at your forehead!
Paid under 400 for a new Pixel 7 two years ago after waiting for the prices to go down and it was about to be discontinued. No idea how much they cost now but you'll always overpay if you go for the latest and greatest.
Pixel 7a can be bought new for 350€, this is what I would consider a decent phone. Admittedly I don't need much from my phone other than text, web browsing, taking photos.
For peeps who want a lower cost option, Motorola allows easy unlocking too. I have a moto g7 power that I got for under $100 running Lineageos with microG. Its a six year old phone but it runs Android 14 just fine. I work in construction and I don't even use a case because these Motorola phones are durable and inexpensive.
My banking app won't work if I'm rooted and before that when I had developer mode on it wouldn't work. Just gave me a error so I have the login to Firefox each time. I hate apps that block you because they can't track you anymore
Banks that do this are just ignorant and hypocritical. Those same banks will let you log in from a web browser on the phone that is just as (un)likely to be compromised or from a desktop computer where you also have admin rights.
And that's after you swim through a hundred forum posts to figure out how the fuck to do it and why the fuck it isn't working.
helps if you specifically get a phone model that isn't absolute bullshit, pixels generally don't actively fight you, which is extremely ironic since they're google's flagship.
This, except install LineageOS and don't bother with removing google/Samsung stuff. And skip whatsapp as my older contacts email me and younger ones have moved to Signal
Find out too late that this exact sequence of events identifies you as Hamas to Mossad and your phone explodes.
Sadly, if i flash my phone, i can't use certain critical services, such as banking. Since my bank has only two locations--total--and is only open when i'm at work, that's a problem.
Does your bank have a web version? If not, it's better to have a second phone with the official ROM.
Install WhatsApp
That's when you lost me. Either teach your boomer relatives to use Signal, Matrix, or, at the very least, Telegram. Otherwise, let them reach to you via Facebook which you open only in web browser in containerized tab.
I would skip the WhatsApp. It’s trash. Fight me.
I would skip the WhatsApp. It’s trash. Fight ~~me~~ hundreds of million people for whom WhatsApp is the de facto standard for instant messaging and calls.
FTFY. I was in Bali this summer, everyone uses WhatsApp. Spent three days in an upscale hotel, on the check-in form they specifically ask for your WhatsApp number, which they use for everything: room service, special requests, restaurant and spa bookings, ...
This post makes me want to check out graphene OS when I get my new phone.