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I wouldn't trust Purism with my money after Librem 5 disaster.

• fsflover 6y ago
  Which disaster?
  • 0-O-0 6y ago
    Apparently it's a bit better now, but things looked rather dire a year ago, when I've last checked. In their quest to avoid binary blobs, Purism have chosen modem more fit for IoT devices. At one point in 2019, when they still didn't have a device able to make calls reliably, Purism announced that devices are being shipped to backers (they weren't) and started another round of sales. Here is a writeup that exemplifies attitudes in community around that time https://telegra.ph/Why-Librem-5-will-never-succeed-in-my-opinion-09-12 https://telegra.ph/Why-Librem-5-will-never-succeed-in-my-opi...
    • m463 6y ago
      > In their quest to avoid binary blobs I don't think you're the target market for this device.
      • 0-O-0 6y ago
        Poor choice of words on my part - I didn't mean to sound dismissive about an idea of a phone with exclusively free software - only about Purism's solution at the time.
• m463 6y ago
  I would say that our current situation with "choose ios or android" is a more meaningful problem.
  • 0-O-0 6y ago
    I would love to see someone solving this problem, but I think that it will take a company with a significantly better track with transparency to do that. BTW, Pinephone is a (significantly cheaper) option.