I was an iOS supporter until iphone 5 then I discovered the beauty and freedom of Android.

To this day with Samsung s22+

But currently I am a bit tired, there is no android phone that I am passionate about, oneplus has given me nothing but problems, Samsung with exynos is a disaster (not to mention the new blockages at sideload and the green stripes on the display), I don’t even want to go near all the other Chinese brands, and Nothing is not what it promised to be.

I want to go back to iOS but there are a few things holding me back:

  • how can sideload be managed on iOS? Are there modified apps like youtube, reddit?

  • I follow a lot of NSFW channels on telegram, discord and reddit itself, are there any problems on iOS? are there ways around this? (my girlfriend has iOS, and every time I want to forward an nsfw gif she doesn’t see it)

  • surf the sea, is it complex on ios? Especially in terms of gaming?

TBH only yt, nsfw and modded apk keep me on android. Thanks a lot in advance

  • ShimitarEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Xiaomi. Or poco, redmi… Same stuff. For 200 bucks you get awesome phones and you can usually always remove stock and install LineageOS. They are all freely uockable and still under warranty after that.

    Get a model near its end of market life, buy new the oldest you can find… Unlock, install LineageOS, enjoy.

    I bought my Poco X3 NFC for 160€ 4 years ago and still rocks today with LineageOS 21 (Android 14).

    (It usually take 6 months to 1 year for each new model to get LineageOS support, so don’t buy the latest model Also worth looking if there is official support on LineageOS before buy, or at least some unofficial ports).

      • ShimitarEnglish
        1·
        1 month ago

        Can you unlock them easily and still have valid warranty as well? That would be a great point

          • ShimitarEnglish
            2·
            1 month ago

            It’s dead to me too then. Useless crap. Maybe the best hardware and software, but still closed crap.

    • mr_right@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      Get a model near its end of market life, buy new the oldest you can find

      This is a very good advice for someone who is buying a new phone to install a custom ROM on it, since they are indepandant effort they need some time to hack things and find workarounds

      • ShimitarEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        Yes, I am a maintainer for a 4 years old device, and I would love to be able to buy it new today! New battery and all.