Thank you. Cash is something I don’t have a ton of. So a purchase isn’t feasible for me unless a phone has long term support. Am very disappointed but not surprised that it is so difficult for me to find a non android/ non iOS highly functioning phone that has long term support, here in the US of A.
Is ridiculous… I have to use Verizon because of where I live, and my S5 has the Verizon locked bootloader. They pretend it is Samsung’s fault when I get tier 3 tech support on the line. Enough already. Is ridiculous, and I keep my phone crippled in terms of bloatware and Google voice commands/assistant etc.
Am ready for a Librem… And I pray to God that it is released come early 2019. We should be able to have phones that offer LTS with privacy from data mining… and even decent battery life.
If the 3 letter agencies were to prevent a truly unlocked phone from being offered in this country… We AT LEAST need a phone with battery life that is not designed to harvest our every action. Even for the good of future generations. Is a sick sad direction we are headed enough masse… And a Linux phone that doesn’t sell my profile is a must have. Even IF complete privacy is not a realistic option (I said IF)… We need progress and a reversal of the pendulum.
This is our chance to pave the way… To make something better for future generations. It is important. Even if or tho my cell carrier and the gov can access my data, we must have the ability to not belong to one of the big companies. Is about human rights at this point.
I am preaching to the choir, showing little restraint… But if not here, then where?