New phone thread on my experience with the current state of Android...
For reference, here's the original thread seeking recommendations.https://twitter.com/RichFelker/status/878979386028036098 …
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Options I was looking at were Oneplus X (seems discontinued/unavailable), Moto G4, and several LeEco models.
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My last few phones have been from mid to high end Chinese brands, but lack of easily accessible ongoing support for sw & parts always bit me
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So this time I went with the Moto G4 Plus. So far experience has been all good.
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Bootloader unlocking is well-documented by the vendor and there were no surprises. Lineage OS (CM successor) was easy to install.
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I opted to omit GApps, instead installing microg to replace the missing services and a third-party Play store downloader (Yalp).
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Haven't hit anything that doesn't work yet; Youtube, GMail, Google Maps & Translate apps all work fine installed as normal unpriv'd apps.
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F-Droid covers a lot of the apps I want anyway, though, and does a much better job than Play of showing what's actually free & non-hostile.
End of conversation
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hahahha nope. (OK, maybe the Nokia 3/5/6 ones if you can import/find them)
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