Right now I’m using a custom ROM, ~10 magisk modules, 2 Xposed modules and a handful of other things that require root… My phone is almost 5 years old and I am on the latest Android version with no signs of community support stopping. Half my apps are open source, and the paid, proprietary ones are actually affordable hobby projects (and not VC backed startups) with one time payments and worth the price.
I can load up a non-Android Linux distro on it and everything except the camera will work. Mainline kernel, too.
Right now I’m using a custom ROM, ~10 magisk modules, 2 Xposed modules and a handful of other things that require root… My phone is almost 5 years old and I am on the latest Android version with no signs of community support stopping. Half my apps are open source, and the paid, proprietary ones are actually affordable hobby projects (and not VC backed startups) with one time payments and worth the price.
I can load up a non-Android Linux distro on it and everything except the camera will work. Mainline kernel, too.
And I didn’t need to take out a loan to buy it.