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Okay there's about a dozen reasons Librem 5 will never be more than a fun developer's toy. Here's just a few. 1) It's difficult to use as a daily driver even f

Okay there's about a dozen reasons Librem 5 will never be more than a fun developer's toy. Here's just a few. 1) It's difficult to use as a daily driver even for experienced people. It's impossible for the average person. 2) It's not a premium device with a big beautiful screen, lots of RAM, the fastest processor, tons of storage, etc. So it doesn't attract the non-technical enthusiast crowd. 3) It doesn't have brand appeal like Samsung or Apple. It's not consider a "status" item by the general population. So it doesn't attract a beautiful young fashion model who wants to be seen with an iPhone 12 Pro Max XL Super Duper. 4) It runs an operating system most people have never heard of - Linux. Most people know Android, most people know what iOS is, or have at least heard of it. The people I mentioned above don't know Linux. They especially don't understand what makes this brand of Linux "special". 5) In order to this to eventually overtake the world, the entire world has to shift to a paid model for literally everything, because how else are you going to fund it? Everybody's exchanging data with everyone. Data about users. No exchange means increased prices across the board, for everything, because no data means no targeted advertisement. Hell, you can barely do untargeted advertisement with no data. How's that? Happy now?

fsflover 6y ago
> ) It's difficult to use as a daily driver even for experienced people. It's impossible for the average person. Although true, this is a problem with software, which gets better every month. I'm sure within a year it's gonna be alright. (A year ago the phone could not even be charged while being powered on or receive calls.) > 2) It's not a premium device with a big beautiful screen, lots of RAM, the fastest processor, tons of storage, etc. So it doesn't attract the non-technical enthusiast crowd. Actually, it is in the world of GNU/Linux phones (the alternative being Pinephone). It is also powerful enough to drive GNU/Linux smoothly, play 3d games, videos on a big screen (which popular phone can do that?) and so on. It can also replace your laptop for most typical tasks. > 3) It doesn't have brand appeal like Samsung or Apple. It's not consider a "status" item by the general population. So it doesn't attract a beautiful young fashion model who wants to be seen with an iPhone 12 Pro Max XL Super Duper. Give it some time ;) It already has some brand value, despite a niche one. > 4) It runs an operating system most people have never heard of - Linux. Most people know Android, most people know what iOS is, or have at least heard of it. The people I mentioned above don't know Linux. They especially don't understand what makes this brand of Linux "special". People don't care whether they heard of it or not. Android runs Linux kernel just fine, so Linux is already popular. What makes it "special" is written on the official Librem 5 page. And it's not only for geeks: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5 https://puri.sm/products/librem-5. > 5) In order to this to eventually overtake the world, the entire world has to shift to a paid model for literally everything, because how else are you going to fund it? Everybody's exchanging data with everyone. Data about users. No exchange means increased prices across the board, for everything, because no data means no targeted advertisement. GNU/Linux repositories work flawlessly without any ads and, moreover, have much less malware, if at all. It's not the whole world, but a large part of it nonetheless. > Hell, you can barely do untargeted advertisement with no data. This is how newspapers worked since forever.

fsflover 6y ago

> ) It's difficult to use as a daily driver even for experienced people. It's impossible for the average person. Although true, this is a problem with software, which gets better every month. I'm sure within a year it's gonna be alright. (A year ago the phone could not even be charged while being powered on or receive calls.) > 2) It's not a premium device with a big beautiful screen, lots of RAM, the fastest processor, tons of storage, etc. So it doesn't attract the non-technical enthusiast crowd. Actually, it is in the world of GNU/Linux phones (the alternative being Pinephone). It is also powerful enough to drive GNU/Linux smoothly, play 3d games, videos on a big screen (which popular phone can do that?) and so on. It can also replace your laptop for most typical tasks. > 3) It doesn't have brand appeal like Samsung or Apple. It's not consider a "status" item by the general population. So it doesn't attract a beautiful young fashion model who wants to be seen with an iPhone 12 Pro Max XL Super Duper. Give it some time ;) It already has some brand value, despite a niche one. > 4) It runs an operating system most people have never heard of - Linux. Most people know Android, most people know what iOS is, or have at least heard of it. The people I mentioned above don't know Linux. They especially don't understand what makes this brand of Linux "special". People don't care whether they heard of it or not. Android runs Linux kernel just fine, so Linux is already popular. What makes it "special" is written on the official Librem 5 page. And it's not only for geeks: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5 https://puri.sm/products/librem-5. > 5) In order to this to eventually overtake the world, the entire world has to shift to a paid model for literally everything, because how else are you going to fund it? Everybody's exchanging data with everyone. Data about users. No exchange means increased prices across the board, for everything, because no data means no targeted advertisement. GNU/Linux repositories work flawlessly without any ads and, moreover, have much less malware, if at all. It's not the whole world, but a large part of it nonetheless. > Hell, you can barely do untargeted advertisement with no data. This is how newspapers worked since forever.