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I don't think you can get a good quality Android tablet with more than 4gb for $150 either so it's an actually interesting deal for some people.
That's what I thought. It has no android lock to Google, I assume root access, so it's basically really yours?
You can unlock the bootloader and install FOSS ROMs on some Android tablets.
Yeah, but just the fact that you are unlocking something means to me that at the very bottom of your software stack there's a little switch that if you can't unlock it, your entire computer is locked out to you. The owner should have full access to the entire computing device. I'm fine if the tablet boots to a fail safe interface. That's good Linux practice. But don't permanently eliminate root.
Not many though, a few Samsung and then the pixel tablet as far as I know and they're still a bit more than $150 even used usually
I just ordered a tab a7 lite for myself for some casual use and I read in advance it could be owned with a variety of things to the best of my understanding. I’m hoping it won’t be too much trouble.
Lenovo Pad if you order the unlocked versions from Aliexpress. Search for Xiaoxin Pad, anyone offering a global ROM version has unlocked the bootloader.
But are there any actual FOSS ROMs on it?
I installed a GSI fork of LineageOS. Not sure if there are any device-specific ROMs for it, haven't checked in a while.
Needs to be compatible with said tablet, not always the case
Most new devices support GSI ROMs
https://github.com/phhusson/treble_experimentations/wiki
The problem is the hardware not working because proprietary drivers aren't built into GSIs
Galaxy Tab A9 has 4gb for under $150.
Lenovo M series/Xiaoxin Pad is about that price with 4gb.
I have the 8GB/128GB snapdragon version (Xiaoxin Pad pro 2022) and it's much more performant and fluid than my Pinetab 2, also 8GB/128GB version.
Samsung A9+ goes on sale for about $150 every once in a while.
Kids FireHD tablets are generally lower than that. There's not really any difference between the adult and kids version tbh.