[bamboozled]

If you don’t like it buy a “fair phone”. There is some freedom of choice here too. I want the freedom to choose a locked down phone for my family and myself to use without worrying about it being hacked.

I write this as someone who is a major open source contributor and advocate. There are somethings I just want to work, and my primary phone is one of them. I have other play devices.

I haven't checked in some time but why don't you just jailbreak your iphone if you want it to be "yours".

[_imnothere]

> without worrying about it being hacked

Are you implying that iPhone isn't "hackable"?

[bamboozled]

Under normal usage the answer is extremely rarely. I can't say the same for the myriad of various Windows and Android phones me and my family have had hacked over the years.

I can totally imagine "side loading" meaning, my mother gets scammed into installing some malware and losing her savings.