• ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 month ago

    The restrictions on apk access over the past 10 years have already been an annoying pita. Many of the best power user apks have had to gut themselves over their original functionality, all while obtaining root access over your owned devices has become harder or next to impossible.

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      Let them keep those. I hereby declare that if I don’t own the thing, I ain’t buying it. So no root, no $$$.

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        1 month ago

        Yeah, but I still really like my micro SD card slot and pen on my note 20 ultra. Dunno what I’ll do when I have to replace it.

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          The pen is the only reason I have stuck with Samsung. If they made a Pixel with a smart pen that I could put GrapheneOS on I’d buy it in a second.

          • ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de
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            Yeah. Id pick up a redmi 10+ pro if it had a pen and sacrifice away the SD card slot. Id at least have a huge battery and awesome cooling.