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Android's sideloading limits are its most anti-consumer move

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522 points josephcsible | 2 comments | 13 Oct 25 15:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.423s | source
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ohman876 ◴[13 Oct 25 17:28 UTC] No.45571025[source]▶
I know this is side topic but if buying the Android or iPhone hardware gives us hardware we don't control, then what alternatives we realistically have? I do own pinephone (and I was recently reading that they kinda staled with development of new phones hardware), I know about librem.. is there anything else on the market?
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1. sudo_and_pray ◴[13 Oct 25 20:27 UTC] No.45572985[source]▶
Probably Linux phones, they are not there yet, but maybe by the time Android becomes an iOS it will be there.

Problem will be with banking apps and such, well you can get an used iphone and in lockdown mode it should be fine even if it reaches EoL.

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2. schlauerfox ◴[13 Oct 25 23:18 UTC] No.45574375[source]▶
Bought a used iPhone 7 for a specific project requiring a supported OS (iOS15) and having a hardware security module and the phone worked fine for that but Microsoft Authenticator refused to install below iOS 16 for no obvious reason.