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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by jasonvorhe on Tuesday June 11, 2019 @10:22AM (#20155642)
Who exactly is buying Android phones based on the premise of openness vs "they're cheaper", "it was a subsidized new phone from my carrier"?
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Re:Android now forces apps to include proprietary code for p... by officeplant on Wednesday June 12, 2019 @04:57PM (#20169242)
Personally I've always bought Android (and while it lasted Firefox OS) phones because of the option to easily tinker with the phones. If/When pure linux phones make a come back I'll be moving on to them. Of course nerds being nerds is an outlier.
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