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The only actual alternative is if people start investing in open cellular platforms. I fully support the right of companies to sell locked down hardware, we sh
by beebmam 6y ago
The only actual alternative is if people start investing in open cellular platforms.
I fully support the right of companies to sell locked down hardware, we shouldn't be trying to over-regulate here. The right response to this situation is to compete with it using open hardware, which respects its users. It's insane to me that we have all tolerated companies dictating what kind of software we run on the hardware we buy from them.
It's time to fight back. Open Mobile Hardware now!
- reducesuffering 6y agoAlready exists https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
- octoberfranklin 6y agoAuthorized by zero carriers in the USA. Sorry man, I got burned when Verizon nuked all the EC25 devices. That's not a gamble I want to take with an $800 phone. I support their mission but without carrier authorization you're one whim away from having an expensive brick in your pocket. It sucks but that's the cell phone market. Note how purism goes to extreme lengths to dodge the question of "which networks will your phone work on". They have these elaborate frequency tables but never name any networks, then at the bottom the fine print admitting that they have no carrier authorizations.