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Android 15 really doesn't want you to turn off Bluetooth - Android Authority
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Well that's another serious reason for my next phone to be a Linux one
If you read the article it says there will be a toggle to enable or disable the feature. It's part of updates to support their "find my device" network
Sorry I'm one of the Lemmy users who sometimes don't open the links and read sources. It's really really good if the feature can be completely disabled. Though opt-it might be a little bit better
EDIT: I just read the article and didn't see the info about disabling the feature. It can be my poor English knowledge though. Could you say where exactly it says about it?
There's more than one spot that covers it, but one part says "You should be able to ignore the auto-on toggle and disable Bluetooth as usual, though"
I thought it means "you can disable Bluetooth but you will have to disable it every day after it turns on automatically"
That's what I got out of the article when I read it. Would like to be proven false.
Judging from the amount of upvotes on my comment I can say that your desired scenario is very unlikely to happen
GrapheneOS is definitely a great choice if this kind of stuff bothers you.
Trust me. If it's a problem, they will find a solution. They're literally the most secure Android ROM out there.
We don't know if its devs will remove or disable all the privacy invasive features. Though idk that much about it so probably it's more serious than I think
Any good recommendations?
Maybe someday, everytime someone says "just get a Linux phone" I look a few up and the specs are always piss poor...
Better to just get a pixel and slap GrapheneOS (A privacy and security focused Android fork) on it
We still don't know if GrapheneOS will disable that feature or not
linux phones (respectfully) suck ass, i recommend lineageos if you dont like the pixels hardware
Unfortunately only a few phones support Linux well and they are either really old (OnePlus 6, Samsung A5 etc) or expensive (PinePhone and FairPhone). Privacy costs a lot nowadays
PinePhone is very cheap. Even PinePhone Pro is mid-range.
Well yea but it's quite expensive for its specs. You can get the cheapest Android phone for like $80 and it will have better specs than PinePhone Pro