This is not a stab at you or your comment. I think your message is valid and I agree with it. However, I do believe there's a common misconception in here that

This is not a stab at you or your comment. I think your message is valid and I agree with it. However, I do believe there's a common misconception in here that needs to be highlighted if hoped to be fixed. > We have open source browsers, we have open source social > apps, but we definitely do not have open source phones. > Phones that can be truly owned and controlled by users > will reshape the privacy discourse, from one of > complaining and >legal coercion, to one of choices and > markets. What you are talking about in the text above is not delivered by Open Source, which is just a practical advantage. The values you mentioned are fought for by the Free/Libre Software community [0]. I recommend to anyone interested in this topic (e.g. the differences between Libre and Open Source software), read more about the GNU project as a starter [1]. As a disclaimer, I'm by no means an expert on this topic which is another reason to follow the links below. [0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point.... [1] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html