• MaggiWuerze@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    I will never buy a Mediatek phone, for the sole reason that there are no custom roms for it, since Mediatek does not publish the necessary binaries as they are supposed to

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      8 months ago

      Yes, this is an important contention for them. Hopefully, things change so custom Roms are better supported for users.

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        8 months ago

        I’m afraid it’s only downhill from here. There never was what you would call “mass appeal” but even the pro user crows has thinned considerably

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        8 months ago

        Customs ROM are dying. Safety Net, Play Store certification, RCS not working on rooted devices, etc. something can be bypassed for now