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Has Techlore sold out? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I like Techlore (https://www.techlore.tech if you don't know) and I usually regard them as one of the most impartial and most trustworthy Youtubers out there. But for the past few months, I couldn't help noticing their somewhat heavy bias towards some of their video sponsors. Still, everybody has to eat right?

This time though, it looks like Synology flew them over to Taiwan, and if you watch their video at the event, it's wall-to-wall Synology shilling. I'm really disappointed.

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They are good and bad. I think they have some good intentions but it gets lost sometimes in the form of bad advise. I do like that they have a Matrix Space and a Peertube instance.

Also I agree with them on Graphene OS. People need to realize that by just not using Google Android they are much more private. I think there is to many fans. They are almost as bad as Apple fans.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

My biggest problem with not using android is the last 3 phones I've had are pretty much as far as I'm aware unsupported by 3rd party ROMs in general. While yes it is my fault for getting phones that are more budget phones, it'd be nice to see support or ROMs focusing on lower end budget phones instead of mostly just the major flagship models. That, and US model sams*ng phones not being the devil to root, if even possible on any US model.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well depending on the device you can port Lineage OS. You need an unlocked bootloader and the GPL source code.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Tried unlocking the bootloader on my current Samsung after it arrived in the mail. The best I got was it not unlocking after leaving it for a few hours. No screen changes or prompts appearing on screen. Nothing.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Samsung is famous for being bad from a software perspective. They also make a lot of money from bundling software so it isn't in there interest to let you get out of the ecosystem.