This reads like a modern retelling of the Stockholm syndrome and I cringe at this prevalent attitude on HN.
If you do not have choice on the platform, you are in a prison. That is why it's called jailbreaking.
If you do not have choice on the platform, you are in a prison. That is why it's called jailbreaking.
i have an xbox one x, it does what it was designed to do and it does it well. I have a desktop computer i built. it was designed to run anything that runs on x86 and designed to be open. so i run linux. i love it. i just figure i use the tools as they were meant to be used.
i am a bit inconsistent though ... i do support the asahi folks in their attempts at getting linux supported on m1 hardware. but they're not bemoaning apple's closed attitude to other operating systems on apple silicon they're taking more of the jailbreaker's approach of hacking their way in. more power to them. that's the rub i think. folks trying to use the courts or mobs to force the hand of a company to do a thing for hardware that was designed to be closed in the first place.
I don't understand this 'I want what they have but I want them to change it for meeee' mindset. Everyone complaining appears to be a power user/hacker. Do it yourself then.
If you want a fully customizable phone: build your own on Linux