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Another reason you can't make new smartphones is lawsuits. I imagine Ubuntu OS will be sued out of existence by patent trolls should Samsung adopt it. They don'
by dobbsbob 13y ago
Another reason you can't make new smartphones is lawsuits. I imagine Ubuntu OS will be sued out of existence by patent trolls should Samsung adopt it. They don't have an army of lawyers like Android/Google.
- gcb0 13y agothat is my main fear. Today even the most open android phone have the bootloader and radio firmwares closed because of patents. no matter how good ubuntu will be, it will end up only being offered ancient radios by qualcomm and the likes. and they won't be able to work around since the standard is patented by dozen different people. You'd probably will only have single band phones in the begging. or maybe i just worry too much...
- Steltek 13y agoRather than vocally adopt it, wouldn't the better plan for Samsung to silently allow their phones to play well with something like Ubuntu? The community will try to build up Ubuntu OS to a usable level without Samsung expending significant resources. They have their Plan B without opening themselves to any liability in the short term.