2 ms·
There’s plenty of hardware that runs Linux just fine, and allows deep tinkering. In the mobile world, Android allows tinkering, but also achieves much worse pr
by Ar-Curunir 5y ago
There’s plenty of hardware that runs Linux just fine, and allows deep tinkering.
In the mobile world, Android allows tinkering, but also achieves much worse privacy and security guarantees
- fsflover 5y agoLibrem 5 and Pinephone both allow deep tinkering without privacy problems.
- Dah00n 5y agoThat is a disingenuous comparison though. Compare X86 market share when Linus started coding Linux and Librem/Pinephone market share today. The difference is that to have a snowball's chance in hell to grow and spread you need to be able to thinker and invent on the hardware most people use.
- fsflover 5y agoI'm not suggesting that we don't need more freedom for hardware most people use. I just say that if you want to support freedom, consider abandoning Apple and choosing other phones.
- int_19h 5y agoLinux became as popular as it is because it could run on the most widespread desktop hardware: IBM PC compatibles. And that was possible because it was an open ecosystem.