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If my mother doesn't know what "LineageOS" is then it's completely irrelevant to this discussion. It's especially odd that you'd bring up something like a nich
by askafriend 9y ago
If my mother doesn't know what "LineageOS" is then it's completely irrelevant to this discussion.
It's especially odd that you'd bring up something like a niche OS when we're talking about environmental impact at scale. The amount of people that even know what "LineageOS" is a minuscule number relative to the global impact of software like iOS and Android.
Simply put, LineageOS does not matter - at all. I'm glad that you like it, and it's cool that there's an option for you to install that on your phone but it just does not matter in the same way that Linux on desktop simply does not matter if you're talking about consumer product.
- qplex 9y agoThe option is there for everyone. If your mother can not install LineageOS then you or somebody else can do it for her.
- askafriend 9y agoI think you're completely missing my point. At scale, this is not a real solution. Sure I can install it for my mom, but we're talking about billions of people here. At the risk of sounding arrogant, I have to really urge you to think differently and stretch your imagination a bit more here. Systems thinking at scale makes this something more than simply a technology problem/discussion. Have you ever heard of the saying "A tool that no one knows about isn't useful at all"?
- qplex 9y agoSo you are arguing that at a scale it makes no difference to ride a bicycle since everyone else drives a car. I'm not sure what to say to this. I really don't have any answers to big societal problems.
- Apocryphon 9y agoRiding a bicycle is far more intuitive, effective, and scalable than installing LineageOS is, which is why it is far more commonplace.
- qplex 9y agoThe point was that one person riding a bicycle will not solve environmental problems if everyone else drives a car and the infrastructure is built for cars.