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by fsflover 8mo ago
This seems relevant: Apple defined ICE as a "protected class" in blocking anti-ICE apps (boingboing.net) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45520407
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Purism is probably not allowed to freely distribute that firmware. With the old modem firmware, modem cannot wake up the phone upon a call.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> This was with the default settings after flashing Crimson This is strange. See this post concerning the battery life: https://puri.sm/posts/librem-5-battery-life-improved-by-100/ . Have you updated the modem f
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> "I don't want to pay full flagship prices for sub flagship performance" First, it is a flagship GNU/Linux phone. Second, https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/ > I got
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by fsflover 8mo ago
"chart of phones with replaceable batteries": https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099020
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Works for me.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> Most people are not gonna be targeted via BIOS hacks. This is not really true: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150812/11395231925/lenov...
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> (correct me if I'm wrong) the only companies that offer bootloader unlocking is Google Pixels, Motorola, Nothing, and OnePlus Pinephone and Librem 5 (my daily driver) do not have a locked bootloader in the first place. They are ju
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by fsflover 8mo ago
AI can also help FLOSS: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47129361
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Which is an order of magnitude harder than reading the code.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
I've been using it for a few years already. I wrote a bit here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45276516 and here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39461180
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Librem 5, my daily driver fulfills three out of five requirements. Camera is too weak and size is too big. Software is GNU/Linux, so no bloatware. Can be repaired easily. Has the headphone jack.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Yes, and a hardware kill switch for it.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Except the megacorps won't let you use their closed software for learning. They're fine to use others' copyrighted materials though.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Yes, it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24579498
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Alternative opinion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47119404
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Empty page without JS...
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by fsflover 8mo ago
This looks like a shallow dismissal to me.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
AFAIK AIs do not learn from the proprietary code.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
The problem is, AI removes the protections provided by (A)GPL: It learns exclusively from the free software and generates "unlicensed" code. AGPL is loosing its teeth. Commercial companies will even learn from your new, quickly gr
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> The only people who care about federation are... other people on HN. It does literally nothing for users. Until enshittification happens. Example: the fall of Freenode.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> Is it possible that non-removable batteries offer a better tradeoff of capacity, size, weight, durability, water resistance, and safety? I guess the burden of proof is on you here.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> But $800 is a lot to ask to test out switching to linux with no guarantee Commercial phones' costs also include the data value they continuously steal. > It looks like the librem 5 can't record videos It can: https:/
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Because they're not stupid and will use you instead. See: Google and XMPP story.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
No, PureOS is closer.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
This is actually the main idea of Purism, company producing phones and computers: https://puri.sm/posts/foreshadowing-why-the-purism-logo-is-a...
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by fsflover 8mo ago
You should add this phone to your list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librem_5
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Thanks for the detailed answer. Librem laptop is exactly what I use, with TPM and a hardware token. Also with Qubes OS.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
Mobian and postmarketOS are more advanced and work more like GNU/Linux.
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by fsflover 8mo ago
> Fully opensource hardware with fully opensource software? Maybe, but also this is wishful thinking. My smartphone runs an FSF-endorsed OS, PureOS. This is reality. It's not open hardware, but it's a long way from Android in t

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