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Next smartphone I buy, which one do you recommend? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Things that make me angry about my current smartphone Samsung Galaxy S21Ultra on a Verizon plan is the mandatory software updates in which they install WITHOUT MY PERMISSION stupid apps like Netflix and addictive gambling games and stacking block games and Candy crush. God knows what else they install without my permission. I don't want any of it!

Next phone I buy I want to start with a clean slate, I'm not going to affiliate with any conglomerate like Verizon or AT&T or Sprint or T-Mobile etc, I prefer to go rogue somehow,

which smartphone do you recommend that has no bloatware and it's customizable?

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[–] init@lemmy.ml 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Heads up, the bootloader cannot be unlocked if you buy a pixel through Verizon. You have to buy it straight from Google if you want to install anything custom.

Source: I have a pixel 6 pro from Verizon that I got originally thinking to try out grapheneOS.

[–] TheSun@slrpnk.net 2 points 11 months ago

You dont have to buy straight from Google, just literally from anywhere else than Verizon.

[–] stewie3128@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

And if your bootloader is unlocked, VZ is likely to lock you out of VoLTE/HD Voice/WiFi calling/etc.

I mean, you could go to T-Mobile who don't currently play these specific games with devices, but then you're trading coverage for features/freedom.

All carriers, wired and wireless, need to be regulated as DUMB PIPES. Title 2 for everyone. That's what we're paying for: Not "the Verizon experience" or "the pride and accomplishment of being an AT&T customer." Let me buy a phone, and do with it whatever it is technologically capable of doing on your network. The network provider doesn't need to provide any Android/iOS tech support if they keep it simple and stay out of the customer-fuckery business.