workgoodwhy dont android phones have a bios like computers and be able to load a generic arm linux iso or windows one,or be easily rooted?
Because what are you gonna do? Buy all the individual components and put it together yourself?
Little8LostThe closest i can think of to that is buying a bunch of broken shiftphone/fairphone and making a new phone with the working parts.
But its not really choosing the design but instead a type of repair with spare parts.
in that sense other phones can also be repaired this way but they need a lot more skill like ungluing without breaking.
GreyscaleWhen I can order a RK3399 on aliexpress and get a PCB fabbed in china for a few dollars, what’s stopping me?
Just because you don’t know how doesn’t mean other people shouldn’t.
Dozens of you.