# XDA Developers

7 Hacker News commenters recommended XDA Developers and 7 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for Android modding information, device guides and a forum where much mobile software gets built. Critics say articles are uneven and increasingly read like AI-generated filler.

## Why people recommend it

- Deep Android modding and device guides (3 comments): "a whole freakin lot of mobile code is essentially just a couple random dudes on XDA making something work" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48036535)) "Here is a good place to get started with your Moto X." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46179745)) "plenty of Android modding information" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46715900))
- Specialist forum knowledge on device care (2 comments): "specialist forums are still thriving (audio/video stuff, XDA-developers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46308180)) "they have a lot of forum posts about what is safe to remove" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49393241))

## What people warn about

- AI-generated or low-quality slop content (3 comments): "the same quasi-correct tech article slop that seems to go around all the big blogs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48125785)) "a good chunk of the ones I read definitely have the slop half baked vibe to them" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48128045)) "Too much of the content now feels like AI-generated slop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49157121))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Phoronix](https://hackerapproved.com/p/phoronix.md): 14 recommend
- [The Register](https://hackerapproved.com/p/register.md): 13 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "XDA Developers", https://hackerapproved.com/p/xda-developers/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).