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My internal fight over what device to buy
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this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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I am dismayed at the current scenario of basically nothing but the pixels being supported for rooting (not the fault of the community). Also a bit saddened by how easily everyone has accepted it.
If I don't go the pixel route, I will probably purchase a cheap OnePlus mobile next year with at least kernel version 5.10. By next year, KernelSU should be more mature, and if you know about KernelSU, you know that passing SafetyNet is not a problem. I'd run microG in the work profile and put my apps there, and also debloat the pathetic excuse of ColourOS (or whatever Oppo uses). Fuckwads couldn't even keep the damn tool open to unbrick devices (which is why development stopped). By next year I just need to figure out how to install patches with a modded kernel.
Sorry that doesn't answer your question since you need a mobile now. I'm just quite annoyed at the state we are in. I really hope linux mobiles take off in the near future and I don't have to deal with such nonsense.
Serious question, what the the community not accepting it look like?
More outrage at OnePlus maybe. More discourse in general. I'm astonished at how nobody seems to be batting an eyelid at the Pixel being the only real mobile which can be rooted (and if that's the case, what's the point of all the projects? Would you run anything other than Graphene OS on a pixel?)
I dearly wanted the FP5 in the US but they didn't do it. Quite disappointing. I'm just waiting for KernelSU to mature a bit more and learn how to install security patches on top of a custom kernel. Once I get to that point, I'll just shut up.
I think people are just all outraged-out these days. (Well, at least for this...) The years and years of outrage about locked phones didn't get any of the old manufacturers to change their ways and when the option of the pixel showed up, people who care about this were just tired and settled for just voting with their wallet. Or at least that was my experience.
I fear the day when the pixels will no longer be as friendly to "rooters"
Hopefully like https://mobian-project.org/