There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get a lot worse

Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by Ensorceled on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:41PM (#28159214)

> Honest question though - but what _should_ Apple do here? I'm moving away from Apple due to this decision so i'm no fan of it.. but i also don't think it's on some corporation to spend their money to defend my freedom.

Honest question, were are you going that has less privacy issues than this?

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by lijogdfljk on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:44PM (#28159238)

For the Phone, no idea. For my laptop i'm switching to the Framework Laptop and Linux (for work). For my phone, god only knows.

I _want_ to support some Linux-only phone, completely off of Google/etc. However, i suspect that will be too poor of a UX, lacking basic functionality that i deem essential. I may still buy them to support them, but i think i'm going to have to buy a Android-based phone and then heavily de-google it. I don't like this option because it still supports the Google ecosystem, but it may be a necessary evil while the Linux-phone market hopefully grows, and while i continue to buy the Linux-phone market to "do my part".

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by maze-le on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:00PM (#28159417)

https://calyxos.org/

https://gitlab.com/CalyxOS

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by lijogdfljk on Friday August 13, 2021 @10:58AM (#28169675)

Calyxos is one i'm debating going. Seems a more realistic option (compared to Purism). Does CalyxOS recommend phones to buy for their OS?

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by maze-le on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @02:54AM (#28206949)

I think only the Snapdragon SoC is fully supported. So, yes, the google Pixel phones and the Xiaomi Mi A2 are curently recommended: https://calyxos.org/get/

I've flashed mine 2 weeks ago and I am very pleased. Without the Google Services Framework you are restricted to the F-Droid store though (not a problem for me personally). And there are several Apps that won't work even if you install the GSF and the Aurora-Store: Banking-Apps, Online-Check-In for Flights, etc. -- again not a problem for me personally, I fly maybe once every 5 years and use Online-Banking from my browser...

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by beermonster on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:53PM (#28159339)

Librem 5?

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by Miraste on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:43PM (#28159900)

What makes the Framework laptop so great is that it provides a user-controlled system without being ancient and crippled. It stacks up pretty comparably to a standard XPS or MacBook. As much as I respect Purism's efforts the Librem 5 is so much less functional than an iPhone it's almost a different class of device.

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Re:There’s a crack in the iPhone foundation and it could get... by hexe on Thursday August 12, 2021 @02:44PM (#28159923)

Some of the open source phone projects are interesting. But I stopped carrying a phone entirely about 3 years ago.

HN is a weird crowd, so this obviously isn't a solution for +99% of people. But I'm choosing to opt out entirely. Living in the 90s is annoying when coordinating with unreliable people, but this isn't some kind of impossible feat. I don't even think about it anymore, it's a non-issue. Just get on with it.

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