Why have we allowed the smartphone ecosystem to get this fucking bad?>3rd party app downloads locked down by Apple and soon also Google>Firmware often locked down by mobile carriers>Very few phones with replaceable batteries/upgradable storage/3.5mm jacks>Phones that DO have those capabilities have shit cameras, shit build quality, or shit CPUsBuying a smartphone in 2025 is like getting nonconsensually fucked in the ass with no lube. It could have worked out so much better.
There are some independent phone makers who are swimming against the current.
>>106418470The Market says this is the best trade. If you don't like it then compete. Prove your idea is better.
>>106418470Have you ever noticed how the Taco Bell logo kinda looks like an abstract vagina when you turn it sideways
>>106418607I'm not some retard who thinks "The Market" has the final say on product quality. The enshittification happened in the smartphone market because Apple, Google, and a handful Android phone manufacturers released legitimately good products 10-15 years ago, wiped out their competition, and can now fuck everyone as they please. No one is vertically integrated enough to compete anymore. It would take some billionaire autist going rogue to make an attempt
>>106418567Doubt op would even support them (ikko mind one, huawei or the highway etc). And the current android issue doesn't seem to be as bad as the media made it out to be.
>>106418657I would use Chinese crap if there's some reasonable assurance that I can put custom firmware on it. I just want a non-sluggish UI, a GPS app, messaging/calls, and the freedom to install anything else I need. This is not a big ask. A phone is supposed to be a LITTLE COMPUTER that you OWN.
>>106418681This
>>106418470I'll be moving to a Linux phone soon. Probably Ubuntu Touch but I wish it got more support. Development is too slow at the moment.
>>106418470>3rd party app downloads locked down by Apple and soon also GoogleYou can sideload on ios although you need to refresh the apps every week with a vpn but my yt and ytm works fine for now
>>106418470Apple keeps on cheaping the design and people keep on buying that shit, which leads to competitors to copy clearly anti-features and people then buy that shit.And now we have tech ruling over USA without any hiding and they know they have at least 3 years and some months free of new regulations.
>>106418657>>106418681Cheap phones exist because they get the cost out from ads and stuff.Truth is, phones should be used for the bare minimum and we should return to use PCs and notebooks as our main ways of accessing the internet and doing stuff.
>>106419316That alone took over a decade and only came because the EU forced them to.Apple has downright sabotaging this and they will probably keep on fighting against it.
>>106418607>le marketgo kys retard
