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A Linux smartphone is like a Linux car. If Linux is the important part to you, your priorities might be a bit off
by throwawaaarrgh 6y ago
A Linux smartphone is like a Linux car. If Linux is the important part to you, your priorities might be a bit off
- noisy_boy 6y agoI think the analogy is a bit off. I don't expect to mess around with my car the same way I do with my phone. A messed up software setup in a car can actually kill me instead of just having to restore from recovery in a phone. Purpose of phones have expanded greatly from just making calls and receiving messages to being in the center of our digital activities which means my expectations there have greatly grown and Linux fills the gap of freedom/flexibility. However, irrespective of the software, a car's overarching purpose is still getting one from point A to B; sure, great if I can also ssh into it but that is way lower down the usual list of things you expect to do with your car.
- esperent 6y agoWhy would it have to be someone's "most important priority"? That's such needlessly superlative phrasing. I would choose a Linux phone because I want a platform that's not controlled by a single profit-drive company which is so huge they are essentially unaccountable for any harm they do to their users, developers, or even society at large. It's not the "most important priority" in my life or anything, it's just something I'd like.
- barry27 6y agoIt sure is needlessly superlative phrasing, @esperent. And in fact if you look closely you'll see that that phrasing was not actually used in the comment you replied to. I know it can be hard to see down to everyone else's level from on top of your high horse though.