When the iPhone 15 came out, I felt the pressure to upgrade, so I bought the standard model with 128 GB. I’m now experiencing the limitations of their ecosystem, which closed as dolls ass. I’m looking to sell my iPhone 15 and buy two Android phones for myself and my wife. If I could get some extra cash out of it, that would be a nice bonus. I’m not concerned with the fancy cameras or features. I just want something I can manipulate to be private and also install whatever I want, use the common apps everyone uses with no issues, stream movies and TV shows. My main concern is that most phonew from well-known brands, their Android OS are almost as disappointing as Apple products. I think it would be better to get a phone with hardware that is well-suited to a custom Android OS that is well-maintained and known for being reliable, and with a focus on privacy and not bloated. Thank you in advance for your help.

  • bokherif@lemmy.world
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    21 days ago

    The issue is that easily unlockable bootloaders exist, it’s just that they exist on [Shady Company] Pixels. So you either move on to a privacy focused OS and lose a bunch of basic ass features because [Shady Company] slowly removed them from the main OS, or you end up using the least privacy focused device ever made in the history of humanity. So if you’re just in it for the basics, iOS is the way to go. I’m telling you this as someone who has been rooting, buying and selling Android devices for about 9 years.

    The internet is forever and there is no privacy on the internet.

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      21 days ago

      I have been in the same road. And I agree. I should had emphasize I’m more interested in that freedom that a rooted android can provide. I want to install so many apps available in F-Droid and ofcorse in iOS I’m in the other side of the galaxy. iOS It works flawlessly, it’s the most advanced and developed operating system in my opinion. But well it’s in its jail. Maybe that’s why is so realiable. But, don’t get outdated because you will be even more isolated. Gravity movie like.