A custom ROM allows you to extend the life of your Android phone, but does it come with risks in 2024 and why isn't it more popular?

I am surprised that Google spends so much time tackling custom ROMs via it’s Play Integrity API. If only they paid that much attention to say, curating the Play Store more, it had be much better for everyone

  • @electric_nan@lemmy.mlEnglish
    17•3 days ago

    If the day comes when LineageOS (with microG) becomes unusable for me, I will just switch to iPhone. I hate Apple, and I’ve been using custom ROMs since Cyanogen in 2010, but there’s no way I would raw-dog a Google device.

    • @eleitl@lemm.eeEnglish
      3•2 days ago

      Luckily there’s Graphene OS for the Pixels. I’m thinking about buying a refurbished Pixel since my Poco X3 Pro with Lineage OS is having ghost touch issues. The only thing holding me back is less screen real estate.

    • humble peat diggerEnglish
      4•3 days ago

      I would probably switch to Huawei os device. No Google by design.
      In fact - I might in either case, there is just too much shitty things Google does to android.

      • @MasterBuilderEnglish
        1•13 hours ago

        Enjoy the much safer Chinese military spyware.