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You have freedom to chose the platform.
by martimarkov 3y ago
You have freedom to chose the platform.
- Aeolun 3y agoI have the freedom to choose between Google or Apple. That’s not very free at all.
- rTX5CMRXIfFG 3y agolol that isnt going to change even if they allow app sideloading or other web browser engines
- nouveaux 3y agohttps://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/ https://puri.sm/products/liberty-phone/
- kaba0 3y agoIt has to be usable.
- jker 3y ago"Starting at $2,199" Freedom isn't free, apparently.
- oblio 3y agoNot if you care about externalities, it isn't.
- Scharkenberg 3y agoIt's not (just) because of externalities that that model costs 2199 USD.
- oblio 3y agoI'm not saying you're wrong, but what else is included in that cost, in your opinion?
- Scharkenberg 3y agoEconomies of scale / specialized production / labor costs / higher margins on "premium" production lines.
- tmpX7dMeXU 3y agoWhat do you actually WANT then?
- copperx 3y agoA Windows phone. Just kidding. Kind of.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoI want the keys to the machine. I want corporations to accept that and deal with us on our terms.
- Aeolun 3y agoI want nobody to force me to use the hardware I paid for in a specific way, especially if that arbitrarily limits the functionality of the device. If there were more than just those two providers (say, 10) we’d likely have at least one option like that.
- adesanmi 3y agoSo you go to purchase a device from a company who has been doing this since their very existence, is known for doing this, and has never pretended or tricked consumers into thinking they don’t do this. A closed ecosystem is Apple’s M.O. - and I can’t think of any sane person who cares about repairability who goes to them. They all own open phones such as the Fairphone. I love mine.
- blackoil 3y agoYeah two American companies with HQ next to each other.
- jahav 3y agoHuawei and HarmonyOS? I know, rather unpopular ouside of China.
- kaba0 3y agoWhere do you want to get punched, in the stomach or in your face? Similar dilemma.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoNot if you want to run WhatsApp or your bank's app.
- toastal 3y agoEven the KaiOS support ended for WhatsApp. That’s not to say anyone should use that metadata-scraping, address-book-stealing service anyhow.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoIf only I could avoid it. Everyone in my country uses WhatsApp for literally everything. My choices are: (1) using WhatsApp, or (2) being ostracized. At least it has end-to-end encryption.