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FUD is no longer FUD when it becomes a realistic danger. Given that remote attestation already had deleterious effects for user freedoms on smartphones and ta
by selfhoster11 4y ago
FUD is no longer FUD when it becomes a realistic danger.
Given that remote attestation already had deleterious effects for user freedoms on smartphones and tablets (meaning, choose between banking apps and any deviation from the factory ROM), Pluton should be seen as a danger.
- pjmlp 4y agoSmartphones and tablets are electronic gadgets. If you want a general purpose computer get a laptop. Most likely one sold by Linux OEMs, like Tuxedo and System76.
- selfhoster11 4y agoThat's an invalid argument for multiple reasons, not the least of which is that some people can afford just one device. That device is likely to be a smartphone because everything is slowly moving in the direction of requiring one. If I need to spend extra money to get an additional "freedom device" and can't afford it, I just won't have one and will miss out on the good stuff.
- pjmlp 4y agoWelcome to the 8 and 16 bit home computer days when OSes were written in ROMs.
- selfhoster11 4y agoThose OSes were distributed on ROM by necessity, because that was the most cost effective option available. Any modern limitations that prevent running your own software are not just artificial, but actually require additional effort to implement bootloader locking/integrity checks.
- pessimizer 4y agoOr back to books where the OSes were written in ink. What's the point of this comparison?
- pjmlp 4y agoI guess, the way Compaq was able to take advantage from IBM.
- oynqr 4y agoThose still allowed you to run your own code.
- pjmlp 4y agoROM disassembly books existed for a reason.
- fsflover 4y agoLibrem 5 and Pinephone smartphones are general-purpose computers.
- pjmlp 4y agoUp to the community to prove their have a market value to be kept around and aren't yet another OpenMoko.
- selfhoster11 4y agoThat is precisely the proof I need before I ever buy into either. I'm very optimistic about PinePhone but AIUI it's currently quite far from being a reliable daily driver for the kinds of tasks I need one for.
- fsflover 4y agoIf everyone behaved as you do, we probably wouldn't have any progress.
- selfhoster11 4y agoI care about open smartphones, but not to the extent that I care about other things. A de-Googled Android or iOS device with a judicious selection of apps is good enough to fulfill 80% of the "geek device" use case segment (though not at the same time - de-Googled Android is better at running arbitrary software, whereas iOS seems to be better at painless privacy). I'm just not invested enough in open smartphones to fight PinePhone's software immaturity, or to spend crazy amounts of cash on a Librem. On the other hand, I was an adopter of the Pinebook, and will be for (affordable) productivity VR as soon as I get the chance. For both of these form factors, I'm more than happy to write 80% of the UI I use if it gives me what I want otherwise.