StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agoGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beexternal-linkmessage-square96linkfedilinkarrow-up1467arrow-down16
arrow-up1461arrow-down1external-linkGoogle: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwedyoutu.beStarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works to Android@lemmy.worldEnglish · 28 days agomessage-square96linkfedilink
minus-squareexpatriado@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·28 days agowonder if my phone carrier would be ok if i show up with a phone with a new OS they haven’t heard about
minus-squarezueski@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·28 days agoThey should not care as long as it has a compatible SIM/modem combo.
minus-squareramble81@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·28 days agoYet…. Just wait until they require an approved OS for “safety” to activate a SIM. Just think BF6 and Secure Boot.
minus-squaredanhab99@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·28 days agoI’m so upset that this isn’t all that matters. Carriers usually setup really nice contracts with manufacturers for things like exclusivity and marketing.
minus-squarepinball_wizard@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·22 days ago wonder if my phone carrier would be ok if i show up with a phone with a new OS they haven’t heard about For what one data point is worth, I do it to my phone carrier all the time.
wonder if my phone carrier would be ok if i show up with a phone with a new OS they haven’t heard about
They should not care as long as it has a compatible SIM/modem combo.
Yet…. Just wait until they require an approved OS for “safety” to activate a SIM. Just think BF6 and Secure Boot.
I’m so upset that this isn’t all that matters. Carriers usually setup really nice contracts with manufacturers for things like exclusivity and marketing.
For what one data point is worth, I do it to my phone carrier all the time.