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xnx ◴[] No.46194816[source]
No fix yet for Samsung. Being reliant on the hardware manufacturer (or network operator?) for OS updates is the crazy world we live in.
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bigbadfeline ◴[] No.46195302[source]
> Being reliant on the hardware manufacturer (or network operator?) for OS updates is the crazy world we live in.

Being reliant on a single OS permanently nailed to the hardware is no less crazier. I'd like to be able to install another OS on a vulnerable device, it would help tremendously and not only with the security of that specific device.

Now I've got some expensive paperweights that I can't even use as such because every time I see them I have the urge to throw them in the trash can.

Provide a way to unlock the phones and a standard BSP, it should be the law.

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1. celeryd ◴[] No.46197622[source]
> Being reliant on a single OS permanently nailed to the hardware is no less crazier.

Locking OS upgrades to a network vendor is substantially crazier. It creates pockets where the hardware vendor ships a security update but your network doesn't care to ship it and isn't incented to. It is BANANAS.