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We are all to blame! All of us that buy, or let relatives buy Android devices that use restrictive and closed blobs. Customers and only customers have the pow
by static_typed 13y ago
We are all to blame!
All of us that buy, or let relatives buy Android devices that use restrictive and closed blobs.
Customers and only customers have the power to make the change.
Every time we encourage someone else to buy a non-Android device make sure to publicise the fact on open social media like Farcebook or Twatter on the corporate tags and pages to raise awareness in the less technology literate and make some voices heard.
It is one thing for companies to see bottom-lines get affected, but they also need to understand why. Don't just boycott, let the world know why too!
- Macha 13y agoHow about Google actually sells Nexus devices in my country and then I'll recommend them to people. As it is, a few places sell the old Nexus 7, and that's it. The only Nexus phone ever to get sold here was the Nexus One, and there's no Nexus 10 either, no new Nexus 7.
- charleslmunger 13y agoExactly which non android devices would you recommend? Not iOS, that's so closed down you can't even run unapproved apps. Not Windows Phone, that's the same problem as iOS. What would you recommend?
- kalleboo 13y agoIs there someone/somewhere you can read ranking of manufacturer openness? For instance, Sony seem pretty active in the AOSP[0] but you never even hear them mentioned. [0] http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/07/25/android-open-source-project-aosp-4-3-now-running-on-xperia-tablet-z/ http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/07/25/android-open-sour...