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How? Linux development is not steered by a monopolist acting to gain the maximal profit. It is distributed over many entities.
by fsflover 6mo ago
How? Linux development is not steered by a monopolist acting to gain the maximal profit. It is distributed over many entities.
- ranger_danger 6mo agoWell one way would be just like how Android phone manufacturers are doing it now... with locked bootloaders and binary blobs. Even current GNU/Linux phones still largely need blobs to work properly.
- fsflover 6mo agoThis is misleading. The blobs are only in the firmware, not in the OS, not in the bootloader, not running on the CPU. Having a technical possibility to lock down GNU/Linux phones in principle in undefined future by undefined entity that doesn't even produce them yet is a FUD argument.
- ranger_danger 6mo agoNot true, current GNU/Linux have OS-level blobs
- fsflover 6mo agoPureOS running on my phone is endorsed by the FSF, i.e., has no blobs whatsoever: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25504641 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25504641