This was Likely Recently Auto-Installed on your Phone.

[maxhardwood@lemmy.ca]

I suppose but the other side is OEMs abandoning still functional hardware

[jackbydev@programming.dev]

The technician test is pretty easy if you remember some stuff from physics and you study. https://hamstudy.org/ (you don't need to make an account here to practice).

[aeri@lemmy.world]

Wait how do I restrict apps' access to the inthernet what phone lets me do that

[raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world]

To be fair, I have a Turkish phone that I will need to "fix" if it lets me.

[rmuk@feddit.uk]

Right, because if that's what they wanted to do this is how they'd go about doing it rather than, let's say, using any one of the dozen or so Google-controlled device administrator apps already on your phone.

[tedd_deireadh@lemmy.world]

You can do that with GrapheneOS.

[slumberlust@lemmy.world]

What about LineageOS?

[daddy32@lemmy.world]

If you root it, sure. Unfortunately lots of misguided fools on the internet, including Lineage's authors will try to convince it's not a good idea.

[qqq@lemmy.world]

Totally, the real issue is people not having total control over their own devices.

[kalpol@lemmy.world]

Second Hamstudy app. Also it isnt super trivial but I heard there was a six year old that passed so YMMV
I found it a decent amount of work but nothing crazy. Join your local amateur radio club and they are usually awesome.

[mrnobody@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Why you blaming the OS for manufacturers issues. There are still phones out there with microSD and 3.5mm. Probably also some with decent transfer stuff.
Funnily enough, even if another OS took over, it won't necessarily bring back all the features you want, since they are hardware based. And OS is software.

[teknikal@eviltoast.org]

Because these features where all there and worked perfectly before Google decided to kill them.

[tsesejuer@lemmy.world]

Google doesn't tell the manufacturers what hardware to include/remove stop yelling at clouds