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Re:Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department by bo1024 on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @09:20PM (#17914367)
You seem to be totally focused on and upset about security, but I don't know that security is the only or number 1 point of this phone, or they ever claimed security parity with Apple. (Unless Apple or a government with power over them is part of your threat model, of course.) I think it's primarily about respecting user freedoms to control their software, which the iPhone and Android score terribly on. So your post comes off a bit unfair in my view.
Re:Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department by tokai on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @10:10PM (#17914576)
I mainly got interested in it because I want a phone with GNU/Linux on it. If somebody want to own me, they'll own me no matter my phone.
Re:Progress update from the Librem 5 hardware department by gregknicholson on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @02:21AM (#17915465)
Yeah, I'm mostly interested because the software is designed simply to be a useful tool, rather than with Google or Apple's motives in mind (lock-in, advertising).

It will just be a more pleasant tool to use, without crap getting in my way.