• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Because for the average non-techy person, security is more important than freedom.

    Life is busy, life is short, people don’t have time to be flashing OS and having to deal with their banking stuff breaking.

    I mean, just look the iPhone marketshare

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      2 days ago

      The average user doesn’t give a fuck about security. They use whatever manufacturers put in front of them because the alternatives are not known or reasonably available to them.

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      3 days ago

      True, but if you had the ability to flash your OS, there’d also be the potential of using a third paty repair shop to get it flashed with a new OS. That would be about the same experience as getting a new phone, but cheaper.