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Another one, yeah! I hate this: while Apple and Google dominate the whole market and you can't buy a smart-phone that can be secure and does what you want with

by VvR-Ox 8y ago

Another one, yeah! I hate this: while Apple and Google dominate the whole market and you can't buy a smart-phone that can be secure and does what you want without compromising privacy the FOSS community fights against each other. Instead of focusing on ONE OS that is open and secure and runs on most of these devices, everyone has to invent their own wheel: postmarketOS, kaiOS, ubuntu mobile, sailfishOS, lineageOS,....... Instead of one solution that is good enough to compete with the big ones we have hundreds of solutions who suck - each in it's own way. That's why there is still no alternative to Photoshop or Acrobat in 2019 - very sad :-(

Aaargh20318 8y ago
> Instead of one solution that is good enough to compete with the big ones (...) The problem is that 'good enough' is not good enough. Why would anyone throw away their investment in apps and accessories they bought for their current phones by using a phone with a new OS that has little to no market support, no apps, no nothing ? The only way to break open a market like this is by leapfrogging the competition and offer something so compelling as to offset the initial lack of support. This is how the iPhone and Android devices managed to break Nokia's dominant position in the smartphone market. This is why BB10 failed, they were just catching up to the dominant players, and even while they had a great implementation it was just more of the same. The only thing that can threaten the current duopoly is something that offers a significantly better UX.
- sirkneeland 8y ago
  I'd go so far as to argue you need to find what comes next after the hand-held smartphone. It could be a smaller, more intimately worn device (think smart glasses, or a smarter watch, or even something implanted), with more processing done off-device.

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Another one, yeah! I hate this: while Apple and Google dominate the whole market and you can't buy a smart-phone that can be secure and does what you want with

by VvR-Ox 8y ago

Aaargh20318 8y ago
> Instead of one solution that is good enough to compete with the big ones (...) The problem is that 'good enough' is not good enough. Why would anyone throw away their investment in apps and accessories they bought for their current phones by using a phone with a new OS that has little to no market support, no apps, no nothing ? The only way to break open a market like this is by leapfrogging the competition and offer something so compelling as to offset the initial lack of support. This is how the iPhone and Android devices managed to break Nokia's dominant position in the smartphone market. This is why BB10 failed, they were just catching up to the dominant players, and even while they had a great implementation it was just more of the same. The only thing that can threaten the current duopoly is something that offers a significantly better UX.
- sirkneeland 8y ago
  I'd go so far as to argue you need to find what comes next after the hand-held smartphone. It could be a smaller, more intimately worn device (think smart glasses, or a smarter watch, or even something implanted), with more processing done off-device.