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Quite often (or maybe even most often), but there's also the realities of simply having to choose a path knowing it will change in 2-5 years.

And laptops have improved battery life so much that a mobile OS no longer offers any benefit

And you can still root Graphene - they just don't support it

Thanks for the update

I've used Fork for so long I forget it's a separate app

Not knowing the requirements that push you to needing an SD (I get it, I wish all phones still had them), but I found 2 apps that really help with reducing my need for an SD: Syncthing and Resilio Sync.

ST ensures all files on my phone are synced to my home server (photos instantly, other files only when I have wifi), and Resilio enables me to pull any file from my home server at any time (with it's Selective Sync feature).

This may not address your requirements, just throwing it out there.

Fuck Samsung, in giant letters.

I'd use their hardware if they didn't lock the bootloader, because it's pretty nice.

Did my share of fighting their nonsense back with the S3/S4. Had enough.

Thing is, even using this new app it's still ST underneath, using their Discovery servers. That's as big an issue as anything.

To your point, the developer of an iOS Syncthing client (Möbius) has financially support ST development for at least 3 years that I know of. I don't know how much, but they use it for their own clients, so it's important to them.

My only concern would be the Discovery servers.

I have no intent to upgrade from my current version (1.27.9) as it's been fine for years now.

It works, does what I need. There was an update a few months ago, but it offers nothing I need, and would only cause me a ton of work and re-testing to ensure it works as it currently does.

Apps don't need continuous updating if they work.

Hahaja

No idea what you're on about. I can't recall the last time I heard that word anywhere.

You're kidding, right?

People are people, we all get to be assholes at least occasionally.

People who are experts at this kind of level often don't have great social skills. That's just how it works - in every field.