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Re:Firefox 68.0 by cmroanirgo on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @03:57PM (#20395954)
I've given up on custom ROMs. There's always only an extremely limited set of devices that are supported, and those devices are EOL rather too quickly, forcing us to use custom builds from someone not directly affiliated with the project.

To be clear, not one of the Android devices I've purchased have ever had official support. I'm using a Samsung a8 at the moment.

I hope the custom rom community finds a better mechanism for providing better device coverage.

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Re:Firefox 68.0 by redwards510 on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @05:19PM (#20396723)
Custom ROMs are rarely developed for Samsung devices these days because Samsung locks the bootloader and makes everything extremely difficult. Buy a device that is more developer-friendly like a Nexus, Pixel or OnePlus and you'll see a much larger selection of custom ROMs.
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Re:Firefox 68.0 by jdofaz on Tuesday July 09, 2019 @06:49PM (#20397526)
The last Nexus was released 4 years ago. The two pixel models and the OnePlus 7 make 3 choices of currently manufactured models.
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