That’s probably why they’re doing it, now there will be a drop in sales, bc, like using IE to download chrome back in the day, people are buying Pixels to load GOS. Now Scroogle is saying no. Their loss!
Or…buy used and get an older, almost identical Pixel!
And Pixels aren’t the only ones with custom ROM support nowadays. Sony’s Xperia devices have the headphone jack (hooray!!!), the microSD slot (hooray!!!), and no notch/cutout (hooray!!), and are supported by LineageOS too (+ derivatives). My next phone might be the Xperia 10 VII actually, it’s relatively new and has good support by LineageOS too.
You also have Fairphone (no jack though, like the Pixels), who make super repairable devices that have excellent custom OS support. Degoogled Android and mobile Linux (!!) are an option, which is awesome! And the devices themselves are quite good for the money, at least if you are European.
And of course, you have companies like Volla and Shiftphone doing their own thing, the former putting mobile Linux as a first-class citizen and the latter focusing on modularity and repairability, like Fairphone.
Aren’t those Xperia phones fricking expensive? Personally and I know this is anecdotal, but the only Xperia I had long ago was the only phone I ever had that cracked the screen from a pretty minor fall.
The Xperia 1 devices are, ridiculously so (so get them used, not new!), but the 10 series (yes, bigger number does not mean better in this case, Sony is weird man) is relatively affordable. I believe the Xperia 10 VII is a good option with LineageOS support, plastic fantastic body, and has headphone jack + microSD card support like its bigger brother!
That Motorola partnership needs to kick off yesterday!
That’s probably why they’re doing it, now there will be a drop in sales, bc, like using IE to download chrome back in the day, people are buying Pixels to load GOS. Now Scroogle is saying no. Their loss!
Or…buy used and get an older, almost identical Pixel!
And Pixels aren’t the only ones with custom ROM support nowadays. Sony’s Xperia devices have the headphone jack (hooray!!!), the microSD slot (hooray!!!), and no notch/cutout (hooray!!), and are supported by LineageOS too (+ derivatives). My next phone might be the Xperia 10 VII actually, it’s relatively new and has good support by LineageOS too.
You also have Fairphone (no jack though, like the Pixels), who make super repairable devices that have excellent custom OS support. Degoogled Android and mobile Linux (!!) are an option, which is awesome! And the devices themselves are quite good for the money, at least if you are European.
And of course, you have companies like Volla and Shiftphone doing their own thing, the former putting mobile Linux as a first-class citizen and the latter focusing on modularity and repairability, like Fairphone.
Aren’t those Xperia phones fricking expensive? Personally and I know this is anecdotal, but the only Xperia I had long ago was the only phone I ever had that cracked the screen from a pretty minor fall.
The Xperia 1 devices are, ridiculously so (so get them used, not new!), but the 10 series (yes, bigger number does not mean better in this case, Sony is weird man) is relatively affordable. I believe the Xperia 10 VII is a good option with LineageOS support, plastic fantastic body, and has headphone jack + microSD card support like its bigger brother!