So has the app been put back since the issue was fixed?

Well depends on why you're unlocking the bootloader. Some people just want root but not necessarily a custom ROM. Though for some phones a custom ROM may be more appealing than others.

It's not based on the item. You can boil turkey and poach eggs as well. Here's various definitions to get you started:

https://www.webstaurantstore.com/article/454/types-of-cooking-methods.html

FWIW you can use list or compact view and it won't show ads (for now at least). Or just pay the pricey one-time fee to remove ads.

I know you probably don't mean it this way, but it's not literally any phone. Also custom ROMs could have their own issues and bugs to deal with.

With Android's private DNS feature it makes it easy to get some form of system-wide ad blocking without needing to rely on an app or have root. I think that would make it fairly popular. Of course this is an app but the root argument still applies.

I think some views like List don't have the ads.

https://github.com/laurencedawson/sync-for-lemmy/issues/241

Uh what? Google developed Inbox. And its features were not all transferred 100% to Gmail either.

Not the person you replied to but I don't evaluate app prices in a vacuum. First I think of what paying actually gets me (e.g. no ads), then I consider how it compares to alternatives both free and paid. A paid app has to provide some value over a free app and an expensive app has to provide some value over cheaper apps. Furthermore if an app is priced such that I can buy 3-4 other apps while also being more expensive than any individual apps I've previously purchased then it gives me some pause.

Lets say I wanted a distro with more bleeding edge packages but not something DIY like Arch, what would you recommend?

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