I was excited to dive into my new smartphone only to once again waste precious time uninstalling bloatware before I could enjoy it.
    • Virkkunen@fedia.io
      15·
      9 months ago

      it quite literally takes 5 minutes with a WebUSB installer.

      With a supported phone, on a Chromium browser on Windows. It takes much more than that usually, depending on device, to unlock the bootloader and install a custom ROM

    • noughtnaut@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 months ago

      …and then you’re locked out of using your phone to pay for things, can’t install banking apps and marginal ID apps, et cetera. 😢

      • Infomatics90@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago
        1. do you really need to pay with your phone?
        2. do you need to use a banking app and not call the automated system to check?
        3. What ID apps would you used on a phone? Having digital ID’s is in it’s own a huge breach of privacy and i would never consent to such a system
    • lnxtx (xe/xem/xyr)@feddit.nlEnglish
      7·
      9 months ago

      Unlocking bootloader took me few hours.
      I must register new account, install Windows application (Linux not supported, but Windows Server evaluation is free and works as a VM),
      have valid SIM card with Internet access.

      But worth it, much better experience.

      Unfortunately, average person won’t do all this things.

      • Markaos@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        6·
        9 months ago

        That sounds like Xiaomi. The best price to performance ratio of any OEM, but at the cost of terrible software and this… experience… when you want to get rid of it.

        Worth noting that not all OEMs are like this.