installing LineageOS is easy, actually (blorpblorp.xyz)

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i wrote it in a comment threat on this post. i repost it this way, welp

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[-] pory@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Doesn't matter how easy it is when step zero is "spend $500+ on a new phone because you're currently using a Samsung or other device with a locked bootloader"

Remember, even cheaper phones (that actually work with your carrier) get marked up. Taxes, shipping, accessories like a case. Being able to afford a new device is nice and Lineage/Graphene make a good case for which new device you should buy, but someone's five year old phone still works.

[-] PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Yep, I saw a comment once like "GrapheneOS saves lives in countries under heavy censorship" as a tool for activists and such... but, really, do you know how accessible a phone that supports GrapheneOS is in such countries? I'm from Brazil, and among third world countries we are one of the most developed, but it's about 8x as hard for us to get a Pixel phone compared to the USA (about double the price and about four times lower wages), and for really censored places it would be even harder!