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bita_nidir • yesterday at 1:22 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

I shudder with horror when I think of all the good hardware that ends up in landfill every day, due to "no longer supported". It's absolute lunacy!


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nebulous1 • yesterday at 1:31 PM

Phones are one of the biggest offenders in this too. Like the article mentioned, Xiaomi actually make rooting/flashing their phones reasonably easy, but other manufacturers actively try to block it. Also if you do flash it you'll be without most Play Integrity checks which will hamper its usage as a primary phone, so this sort of reuse is very good.

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