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bit1993yesterday at 6:28 PM2 repliesview on HN

All we need is for HDMI to be unlocked so it works on phones, or maybe VGA adapters that work on phones. And a way to "sideload" our own apps. Hackers please make this happen.


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Aurornistoday at 1:19 AM

iPhones and most Android phones already support connections to external displays with a cheap adapter.

Android phones already allow sideloading. Even the much protested upcoming restrictions to sideloading don't interfere with ADB sideloading.

No hackers needed. This has existed for years. I've had a few friends go through periods where they thought they were going to use their phones as plug-in terminals for something and then they never last very long. It's never as satisfying as imagined.

kpsyesterday at 8:44 PM

Some modern phones do DisplayPort over USB C.

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