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They have repeatedly released ROMs full of bugs, crashes, and required factory resets on major version upgrades. Their update lag has increased since being combined with Oppo/ColorOS, while their value has decreased/cost has increased.
They've peaked in terms of hackability and software support.
Even if we disregarded their (worse than google but better than say, Xiaomi/moto) software support, which is more important than the hardware itself, OnePlus hardware is frequently worse (mic, speakers). The only win you get here is a latest gen SoC for pricing that is barely (~10%) cheaper than the Samsung counterpart with a worse build quality.
OnePlus' proprietary warp charge isn't doing then any favors either. Non-standardized charging is frequently a pain point for me when most other devices have moved onto USB-PD.
Of the above, only Google has what I would consider "proper" software support.
At this point, I refuse to buy anything that I can't bootloader unlock and does not have proper software support because of planned obsolescence stemming from a lack of software updates.
Blacklisted for not being able to bootloader unlock: Huawei, Vivo, Samsung (Qualcomm), Nokia, Pixel (Verizon US variant).
Good thing librewolf/iceraven exist.
Who knows what other essential features they might put behind a paywall. Their licensing fees aren't even released yet.
Seems sketchy to me. I'd stick to meshcentral.
Ended up giving it away after custom roms refused to work on it and all the devs gave up on the phone because Huawei stopped allowing bootloader unlocks. I specifically bought the P10 because I didn't think that would happen, but what a turn of events. I have crossed Huawei off my list of phones to ever recommend/buy myself because of the bait/switch. Additionally (and you'll never see this in the reviews), the GPU on the Huawei phones were always terribly inefficient and ate through the battery like crazy. Unsure if newer models are like this as well, but it's not worth getting them anyway cus gapps aren't officially supported anyway.
> stopped on the official forum
phew, that's good to hear. Imagine being someone that bought a used Zenfone 8 and not having the receipts to send it back for warranty. Would've been a nightmare for a 700usd phone.
> still lots of problems with latest official release
I'm not happy about the poor software experience especially when you've paid so much for it. I tended to steer people away from asus - they tend to build great hardware and then flounder in the software department (not just for phones, for routers, laptops, etc. too). I'm definitely willing to lower the hardware value slightly to get proper software support for the next few years which is why I jumped on the Pixel 4a when it was released.
Would I like to have a SD888 in my pixel? yeah - but proper software support is more important.
It does a lot of things right: is a (relatively) smol phone, has proper software updates/support, has a headphone jack, allows for bootloader unlocking, support eSIM, has usb3, has a large development community for custom roms/after-market support, and has proper noise cancellation for calls (many other OEMs don't have proper noise cancellation leading to echos all the time)
The other contenders are all either larger (but better hardware value), had worse software support, or had a combination of the previous.
I will however give a nod to OnePlus for allowing QFIL flashing and having those files available for when devices are soft-bricked/stuck in EDL mode so you can always rescue them. However, their software leaves a lot to be desired in both long term software updates (older models are often not given timely updates), and in refinement (ex. my OnePlus 6T constantly echos on phone calls).
A note if you're going to go Pixel line: if you ever decide to root, MAKE SURE you flash the correct model's files. I've seen several times online and had a friend flash the wrong model and end up perma-bricking their phones. Google does /not/ release the QFIL/firehose files for their phones (unlike OnePlus, Xiaomi) so if you make this mistake you WILL have to send it back for a motherboard replacement. If you don't have warranty coverage, that phone is permanently bricked. Make sure you flash the right files.
They use a rotating wheel and a fan to humidify the air. Most of the parts can be washed in the dishwasher so no replacement filters are required.
I've been self-hosting since the 3.1 or 3.2 release for a group of friends and the threading model works great, especially when you log in after a break (whether that's 8 hours to go to sleep or 2 weeks after a vacation).
When I was looking at setting up a chat server for me and my non-technical/mixed group of friends (so they couldn't use IRC and set up bouncers), I considered matrix, zulip, rocketchat, IRC, mattermost, and slack.
When I had issues (I use the docker install), the team was very responsive on their zulip server (chat.zulip.org).
For those of you already using Zulip, I prefer this dark theme over the standard (bright) blue one: https://github.com/zulip/zulip/issues/11845#issuecomment-544...
Thank you Tim and the Zulip team for the great software.
On desktop you can copy the appdata folder over to the new device. (warning: this is not officially supported)
Note that you must close the app on desktop from the host computer before copying the files over, otherwise the forward secrecy stuff breaks and you'll have to reset the sessions on the migrated computer.
"And the remote server actively prevents OSS versions from connecting. Even if you enable the proposed apis needed, you will get an "Unauthorized client" error message."
/* remove padding for channel switcher */
#jump-to-container .channel-list-item[data-type=lobby] {
padding: 0px;
in the custom stylesheet section of your thelounge installation.
Docking support is great, but sound output needs to be swapped manually sometimes.