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PCs are comparatively much more open than phones, and it is actually possible to disable some of that stuff with various hacks on some systems. Phones are clos
by api 9y ago
PCs are comparatively much more open than phones, and it is actually possible to disable some of that stuff with various hacks on some systems.
Phones are closed, locked down, and bugged by design.
- kbart 9y agoI don't deny that, but saying "PCs are totally libre" is vast overstretch. PCs are getting more and more complex, include high number or sub-systems, that are actually mini-computers themselves, so by installing an open-source OS on the topmost layer we only get an illusion of the open system. But unless we have an open hardware along with source code for firmware running on all those sub-systems, we can't call PCs "libre".