• themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8 months

    First age verification, mastercard and visa controlling what people purchase, and now this, there isn’t any good news lately.

  • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8 months

    I’m on v7 and it’s also removed in that version. I blame it on Google’s efforts to enforce apps having that new Play store integrity bullshit.

    • Lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      8 months

      Where have you been the last 10 years? Very few devices have allowed bootloader unlocking, Samsung is no exception with their US market devices.

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
    8 months

    Man, this timeline sucks.

    On the other hand… Year of the fairphone? Maybe year of the Linux phone?

    • Horsey@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8 months

      Not until they use snapdragon elite or the newest flagship

      • VeganCheesecake@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        8 months

        Why though? Unless you’re really into mobile gaming, I don’t see any difference in day to usage compared to more mid-range SoCs.

        • Horsey@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8 months

          I so strongly disagree with that. The Snapdragon 7 gen 4 in the Fairphone6 is roughly on par with the Snapdragon 888 from 2020 (S21 series). You couldn’t pay me to daily drive an S21 Ultra, let alone pay 67% of an S25 (a mid cycle phone) for a phone with a 4 year old performance profile. 600$ can be a used S24 Ultra.

          Android app devs just don’t optimize their apps enough that I’d be comfortable rocking this phone 3 years from now, which if I did, I’d be using a 7 year old processor at that point. No one in their right mind should have a phone that old.

          • kkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            8 months

            The 7G4 is on par in speed with the 888, but it uses a lot less power. And with decent software updates, a Snapdragon 820 is still fast enough for most people (including me).

  • Armand1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8 months

    I thought that OEM unlocking was removed years ago? That’s why I’ve not bought Samsung phones since the mid-2010s.

    They had a thing that would blow a fuse if you unlocked your phone. Did they get rid of that for a while?