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We direly need an open source phone as a matter of personal and social security.

• jmiserez 7y ago
  That won't protect you from bugs. But if you're interested, check out the Librem 5 project.
  • monadic2 7y ago
    Actually, having access to the source code does protect you from bugs. Apple ignores all the ones I report.
    • icelancer 7y ago
      What? How did OpenVPN and OpenSSH have critical bugs for years despite them having open source code?
      • monadic2 7y ago
        The implication is that they would have more if they were not open source, not that open source software is bug free. How could you interpret it like that in good faith? You can’t.
        • jmiserez 7y ago
          Yes, you have a valid argument. Not sure why you've been so heavily downvoted.
    • pjmlp 7y ago
      And many open source projects would most likely ignore pull requests.
      • monadic2 7y ago
        ??? you don’t need to commit software upstream to use it, audit it, or publish obvious vulnerabilities and improvements. Right now consumers have a feudal arrangement with Apple: accept the software at any conditions or not have land on which to work.
• vbezhenar 7y ago
  Android is open source operating system. You can use it with some phones.
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• acd 7y ago
  There is such a open source phones for example Librem 5 https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ and Pine phone https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/ https://www.pine64.org/pinephone/
• ajconway 7y ago
  We do, but modern smartphones (if you are not talking about regular phones with no ability to run third-party software) are so complex that it would require a Linux-level _centralized_ effort to pull off. And it's really hard to imagine any centralized effort in this field given the current competition.
  • monadic2 7y ago
    I don't see a linux-style effort producing any usable software anyway.