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by swiley 2056 days ago
Maybe I got hit with one of these, my phone stopped being able to answer phone calls and auto focus stopped working (like something re flashed the firmware on a bunch of the internal peripherals.)

I was going to wait until the software on my pinephone was more mature but that pushed me over the edge to get power management working on my own and make sure it could make phone calls. I think dumping iOS has done a lot for my mental health and I'm glad to have left it.

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Per PZ, the attacks here are targeted, meaning that the people exploiting them spent a fair bit of money to get these exploits, and are presumably very unhappy that they are burned. Unless you are special, it's unlikely that you got hit with one of these.
> I was going to wait until the software on my pinephone was more mature but that pushed me over the edge to get power management working on my own and make sure it could make phone calls.

I guess stress is personal, because this sounds way more stressful than anything I've had to deal with on iOS! And I say that as someone who'd like to get a more open (hardware and software) phone in the future.

iOS wasn't stressing me directly, it was that the UI is built to encourage compulsive media consumption and that was eating into other parts of my life like work (which is stressful.)
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