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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by kome on Friday January 09, 2026 @03:52PM (#46559159)
we should save the idea of general computing. fuck cell phones.
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Re:The Vietnam government has banned rooted phones from usin... by callc on Friday January 09, 2026 @04:05PM (#46559312)
Cell phones are fine. It’s their locked-down non-open nature and Apple, Google, Samsung that make cell phones not general computing devices.

I really hope we can convince enough people to care about general computing.

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