(I had another account but I had to use this one because I forgot the password…)

So, my son’s girlfriend is really obsessed with collecting old devices and “jailbreaking” them and it seems quite popular. I’ve never done it before, I wonder why it’s so popular?

  • Bobo The Great@startrek.website
    2·
    1 month ago
    1. doing things you are not supposed to do is fun
    2. thinkering with electronics in fun
    3. we are sacrificing our freedom to megacorporations that continously tell us what to do, what to think, what you can and can’t do with devices we own and enshittify them. Taking back some of that freedom feels good
  • HiddenLayer555@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    A smartphone is a handheld computer. Why should it be restricted to what software the company arbitrarily decides should be allowed to run on it?

    Also suggests she’s a technically minded person who likes to know how things work and is not satisfied with a black box. Jailbreaking uncovers the complex machine a smartphone truly is, something that Apple tries very hard to hide behind its patronizingly simple interface.

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
    1·
    1 month ago

    Fun hobby, sometimes challenging.

    I have several android phones all with a unique OS that isn’t the default google android.

    My daily phone is running GraphenesOS that restores your privacy by sandboxing googles apps away from the main system. As well as some other hardening functions.

  • discocactus@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 month ago

    First of all, keeper.

    This person has a lot to teach you about the pursuit of freedom. Why don’t you ask her? And ask her to teach you?

  • Cort@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 month ago

    I’ve heard of some younger kids getting into older digital cameras and camera phones. Apparently it’s like having an (old-timey) Instagram filter built in.

    Not sure if that’s the reason, but I know I’ve done jailbreaking and odd tech stuff ‘just because I can’