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‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws near (www.techradar.com)
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[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Do you have custom ROM + no gapps? Gets harder and harder if you want a new phone once in a while.

[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 2 points 15 hours ago

Bought the Fairphone with e/OS.

Problem is many see Android equivalent with Samsung and Samsung is the worst when it comes to customize your HW because they really lock down their shit.

For my phone I just bought a new battery after many years of use and it's back to working as if it's new. Before that I had a Shift phone (with Google, I think) which allowed me to replace the camera module once the autofocus in the camera broke.

Not sure if I'm old fashioned, but I like to own my devices and modify them if I please.