• GlenRambo@jlai.lu
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        28 days ago

        Hijacking as I’ve done on other posts. In my country all 3 major tellcos needed to verify phones can call emergency on VoLTE.

        FP5 does this. For whatever reason the telcos cant “conform” that (its not sold here but important and DOES work) so the device is blocked at a network level.

        Not blocked just for calls but even data.

        Phone is now a brick. Double brick once the Android changes roll through.

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    28 days ago

    Love that some megacorp can just make decisions like this that affects billions of people.

    Really just feeling the fucking freedom. I hate everything.

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      28 days ago

      The megacorps can do anything they want with their product. The chef can change the menu anytime and he can refuse you service - it’s his restaurant. Our problem is that it’s a duopoly and there’s nowhere else to go.

      The only way out is open standards and platforms, enabling true competition.

      • Whostosay@sh.itjust.works
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        28 days ago

        Real quick.

        Just imagine you order a plate of pasta. You’re only two bites in, and it’s DELICIOUS.

        Then here comes chef. While making full eye contact, he tips your plate and dumps all of that pasta in the trash.

        Chef proceeds to take a giant wet shit onto the plate. He brings a new set of silverware and a fresh napkin right before your server comes back with the check.

        You insist that you didn’t order a giant wet shit, but they won’t take it off the bill.

        Let’s stop pretending this is an inevitable oopsie. This shit is egregious.

  • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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    28 days ago

    Ok, so I might as well buy an iPhone then because this is the only thing android did better lmao. Fuck you google.

  • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
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    28 days ago

    At the end of the day, all you can really do is to start treating your phone more like a phone and stop carrying it everywhere and using it for everything.

    The convenience of it has made it way too easy for people to spy on you.