crazy to think so little people are using it, relatively speaking.
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Supported devices are hard to come by even for the few of us that would run los.
But on that note I just did some searching and there seem to be some people selling used devices with lineage installed here. And even a company or two offering lineage and graphene installs on supported devices.
not to mention the often difficult and unnecessarily convoluted unlock process, just so they can say it's technically open.
or how they lock you out of functionality because of it, so its less and less useful.
I think it requires volunteers to set up phones for uptake to increase. Maybe people would buy the phones if they were more easily available in their area, and pre-installed, ready to use. There's a niche market for simple phones that don't have big app stores and advertising in the operating system's UI.
i honestly don't think there is enough people interested though. not running netflix or gov apps and more and more apps anymore is a reason why people ditch their old phones for new ones and selling old phones that can't do that seem like a dead end.
big tech's strategy seems to consist of deliberately devaluing jailbroken devices for avoiding just this. they don't want competitors much less a market of competitors based on their own investment. they made this clear.
they know we could have enough adoption of our own tools to force their hands, losing their control over it. so they simply close it down to prevent it.
If people want their spyware apps they could buy a budget android phone for $130 USD and keep it in the draw. I still think there are some people who want freedom from all the crap. I've never owned a good phone. The apps lag constantly and when I have a dozen apps installed it's like a mental illness for me personally and it ruined the battery life and CPU performance. Everything slows down. Great if people can buy a $850 USD phone with 6 years of updates but it's not for me.
those people are generally already doing it themselves, myself included.
Yeah that's true. I'd like to do it myself but it isn't just a money problem, it's also a problem of where do I store all this stuff if I buy multiple phones, when my desk and shelves are already full.
A big point of LineageOS is that you install it on an old, shitty thing you already own to make it non-obsolete again.
Ideally yes, I'm not suggesting a company that sells new phones. I mean refurbished old ones if they can be hacked and have the google erased from them. There are many old phones and also many clever people who can use work-arounds to reformat the phones, even if the manufacturers don't want people doing it.
Under 1000 in my country but never-the-less, I'm very interested that this data exists.
In Slovenia, there's less than 400 of us. This just confirms my assumption, that people here really like capitalism and not owning a product.
Way to f-ing expose me, LineageOS, as the only user in Kiribati!🤣