Blaze@lemmy.zip to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 month agoWhy are we still fighting smartphone bloatware in 2025?www.androidauthority.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down10
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minus-squareLuna@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI just install LineageOS. It doesn’t have any bloatware or Android modifications that the manufacturer added
minus-squareskribe@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThat’s great if you have one of the handful of phones supported, but for the rest of us, not so much.
minus-squareLuna@lemdro.idlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoI bought my current phone specifically because it was supported by LineageOS. Before that I used an unsupported Samsung phone, which was such a shitty experience that I made a promise to myself that my next phone has to have custom ROMs available
minus-squareskribe@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoApart from the pixels, which current range of phones is supported?
minus-square0xblaze@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agoYou can find the supported devices in the list - https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
minus-squareskribe@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAnd how many are current? Apart from the pixels, there’s nothing available where I live unless you buy second-hand (which has issues of its own).
I just install LineageOS. It doesn’t have any bloatware or Android modifications that the manufacturer added
That’s great if you have one of the handful of phones supported, but for the rest of us, not so much.
I bought my current phone specifically because it was supported by LineageOS. Before that I used an unsupported Samsung phone, which was such a shitty experience that I made a promise to myself that my next phone has to have custom ROMs available
Apart from the pixels, which current range of phones is supported?
You can find the supported devices in the list - https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/
And how many are current? Apart from the pixels, there’s nothing available where I live unless you buy second-hand (which has issues of its own).