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Phone Recommendation (lemmy.zip)
submitted 2 weeks ago by gronjo@lemmy.zip to c/autism@lemmy.world
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Hello All,

TLDR: Are there any device ecosystems that are worth exploring outside of the major hardware producers?

As we collectively watch consumer rights sink into tar, it begs the question of which mobile platforms (hardware and software ecosystems) one should be exploring.

Unfortunately, my mobile development knowledge is near zero. What options currently exist besides Android for those who want to tinker with every facet of their computing device? A good preference would be to begin learning with tools that will be around and widely accessible 10 years from now.

Iโ€™m not looking for a cutting edge, just something I can use to store music, make calls, edit photos, etc.

Thank you all for your suggestions on the previous post. The discussion led to a huge improvement in my search engine results!

Another post in the autism form, given we are here on Lemmy, and increasing collective technology literacy is generally good ๐Ÿ˜Š

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[โ€“] evujumenuk@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I must be the worst autist on planet Earth, because to "tinker with every facet of" my mobile phone is about the last thing I want to do.

So, definitely not iOS, because I'm pretty happy with iOS; also there's no expectation of LARPing as a sysadmin for my phone, precisely because that simply isn't possible to any meaningful extent.

[โ€“] gronjo@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Since my latest special interest has been compilers, previous obsessions about digital logic design snowballed into a curiosity about mobile tinkering :-)

I think when I tormented myself with Arch and went through half the system binaries it helped me develop a tolerance to computing torture

[โ€“] Unforeseen@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You should check out Gentoo. It sounds like it would be right up your alley, you learn a lot about compiling.