I just went through this with Verizon. I kept getting texts for over a year that my flip phone won’t work by January 2023. Sure as shit it just went out. I just got the last flip phone in stock in my surrounding area to keep my number
more like: Q: "I'm thinking of trying to eat rocks to lose weight." A: "Why don't you just try a healthy diet with moderate portion control."
Honestly, if I was still in college, I would have definitely had a hacked Android. Now that I'm older, I just want my phone to work without messing with it. I wouldn't own a Mac computer for myself for any reason though. I hate using my wife's (besides for the awesome screen.)
So, post up their gofundme/Zelle/Patron/PayPal/Venmo so we can hax0r their out-of-date phone OS, umm, I mean, so we can share the gift of charity and good tidings.
While it is a rare occurrence that I should be considered the voice of reason, the simple solution for Dave having his phone telling him what to do is Settings- Update - Automatic. On mine, you just slide the button to On. Then, Dave won't even know the updates happen until after they happen.
Yea they just gave me an $800 credit on my iPhone 10X max towards a new 14 Pro Max, but it was in excellent condition.
https://www.reddit.com/r/MotoG/comments/zk4m5b/found_a_way_to_disable_ota_updates_on_android_11/ I did that on my G power and it worked.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/tech-with-ties-to-china-what-to-avoid "Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Oppo have faced similar accusations. A recent report found Chinese-made Android phones include "an alarming number" of preinstalled apps that grant dangerous privileges."