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Naming themselves e.foundation is one thing, but explicitly naming it "/e/" does seem a bit odd. For reference for those unaware (likely many of you), /e/ is t

by ve55 7y ago

Naming themselves e.foundation is one thing, but explicitly naming it "/e/" does seem a bit odd. For reference for those unaware (likely many of you), /e/ is the 4chan board dedicated to 'ecchi' content, where ecchi is loosely defined as a 'slang term in the Japanese language for playfully sexual actions' (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecchi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecchi). Apart from the name, will be interesting to see how well they can succeed with a "Google-free Android", which is much easier said than done.

nerdponx 7y ago
They could have called it eOS or something, in homage to the E foundation as well as the Homeric goddess of dawn... although maybe the Apple legal team might have had something to say about it.
- meruru 7y ago
  A lot of people shorten elementary OS to eOS: https://elementary.io https://elementary.io
  - krackers 7y ago
    Perhaps Ephemeral OS then.
userbinator 7y ago
Perhaps it's a reference to the type of content you're intended to consume using this phone... somewhat like how the private browsing mode of browsers has been called "porn mode".
- segfaultbuserr 7y ago
  Aha! ...Surely enough, seeing creative memes and jokes like this is part of the reason for me to be online... Now some 4chan denizens have already started making NSFW memes about this project, and I genuinely believed it was a just a meme initially. But what an unfortunate name it is... You absolutely cannot be associated with these things if you don't want your project to be the next victim of some trolls' plans for the post-modern performance arts or drama, e.g. [0], [1], or [2]. I hope they'll pick up a better name soon. [0] Don’t be fooled by Apple ads that tell you to bend your iPhone 6 https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/4chan-iphone-6-bend-prank/?tw=dd https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/4chan-iphone-6-bend-prank/... [1] 4chan is at It Again With Their Trolling of iPhone Users https://cheezburger.com/316165/4chan-is-at-it-again-with-their-trolling-of-iphone-users https://cheezburger.com/316165/4chan-is-at-it-again-with-the... [2] A split within the Tox project https://lwn.net/Articles/651003/ https://lwn.net/Articles/651003/ > "The Tox project was started in mid-2013 by users on the 4chan message board."
Kuraj 7y ago
> Apart from the name, will be interesting to see how well they can succeed with a "Google-free Android", which is much easier said than done. I tried and I really wanted to like it - but while I could easily replace Gmail with Outlook (or use the AOSP mail app), replacing Play Store with Amazon Appstore provided a very sub-par experience, and using apkmirror almost felt like piracy.
- rchaud 7y ago
  I think this would be less of a concern since this service is really only of interest to people who specifically want to avoid Google Play Services in general. The Amazon app store presents the same kind of privacy challenges, only just not as deeply integrated with the phone. I'm slowly moving my current Android phone to a mix of web-based apps (Uber PWA is good) and native apps released via F-Droid.

by ve55 7y ago

nerdponx 7y ago

They could have called it eOS or something, in homage to the E foundation as well as the Homeric goddess of dawn... although maybe the Apple legal team might have had something to say about it.

meruru 7y ago
A lot of people shorten elementary OS to eOS: https://elementary.io https://elementary.io
- krackers 7y ago
  Perhaps Ephemeral OS then.

userbinator 7y ago

Perhaps it's a reference to the type of content you're intended to consume using this phone... somewhat like how the private browsing mode of browsers has been called "porn mode".

segfaultbuserr 7y ago
Aha! ...Surely enough, seeing creative memes and jokes like this is part of the reason for me to be online... Now some 4chan denizens have already started making NSFW memes about this project, and I genuinely believed it was a just a meme initially. But what an unfortunate name it is... You absolutely cannot be associated with these things if you don't want your project to be the next victim of some trolls' plans for the post-modern performance arts or drama, e.g. [0], [1], or [2]. I hope they'll pick up a better name soon. [0] Don’t be fooled by Apple ads that tell you to bend your iPhone 6 https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/4chan-iphone-6-bend-prank/?tw=dd https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/4chan-iphone-6-bend-prank/... [1] 4chan is at It Again With Their Trolling of iPhone Users https://cheezburger.com/316165/4chan-is-at-it-again-with-their-trolling-of-iphone-users https://cheezburger.com/316165/4chan-is-at-it-again-with-the... [2] A split within the Tox project https://lwn.net/Articles/651003/ https://lwn.net/Articles/651003/ > "The Tox project was started in mid-2013 by users on the 4chan message board."

Kuraj 7y ago

> Apart from the name, will be interesting to see how well they can succeed with a "Google-free Android", which is much easier said than done. I tried and I really wanted to like it - but while I could easily replace Gmail with Outlook (or use the AOSP mail app), replacing Play Store with Amazon Appstore provided a very sub-par experience, and using apkmirror almost felt like piracy.

rchaud 7y ago
I think this would be less of a concern since this service is really only of interest to people who specifically want to avoid Google Play Services in general. The Amazon app store presents the same kind of privacy challenges, only just not as deeply integrated with the phone. I'm slowly moving my current Android phone to a mix of web-based apps (Uber PWA is good) and native apps released via F-Droid.