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  • SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Actually in the Android community Sony helps you unlock your bootloader and offers official AOSP sources for their devices that you can compile and install yourself.

    I have no idea why people are enamored with Samsung.

    • Dusky Heaps@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Ad campaigns, most likely. I always seem to see ads for Samsung phones, but not as often for Sony brand ones. I do agree Sony does a much better job about opening up the bootloader, versus Samsung punishing you for trying to open your own paid for device up.