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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by fogihujy on Thursday November 05, 2020 @06:16AM (#24997296)
It's not about making things easy to use, but about making them harder to break. Creative tinkering is simply not taken into the consideration for most consumer products. Things like support load, RMA rate and consumer protection laws is.
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Re:Termux is an Android terminal emulator and Linux environm... by rusk on Thursday November 05, 2020 @09:26AM (#24998478)
Like I say. It’s a cover story. They could make devices serviceable at the same time but it is more convenient for them not to, and to even push the envelope of what’s acceptable.
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