Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, then rolled it back

Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by rapnie on Friday September 14, 2018 @02:57AM (#17985207)

Isn't that a bit of a marketing issue as well? I am tracking development of Fairphone, puri.sm Librem5 and e.foundation (just released beta version, based on LineageOS). Do you have pointers to the FOSS OS'es you refer to?

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Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by pjmlp on Friday September 14, 2018 @03:54AM (#17985475)

- Maemo (2005)

- OpenMoko (2006)

- Symbian (2009)

- MeeGo (2010)

- Mer (2011)

- Jolla (2011)

- Tizen (2012)

- Ubuntu Touch (2013)

- Firefox OS (2013)

- Web OS (2013)

So it is a bit more than just lack of marketing.

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Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by rhn_mk1 on Friday September 14, 2018 @04:24AM (#17985586)

Most of those are not truly Free, or at least not much freer than Android.

- Maemo: open middleware, closed many applications and some drivers

- OpenMoko: closed drivers

- Symbian: was it ever libre?

- Meego: same as Maemo

- Mer: this is actually open AFAIK, but no native devices I know of

- Jolla: Android kernel (closed drivers), closed applications

- Tizen: ?

- Ubuntu Touch: Android kernel

- Firefox OS: Android kernel

- Web OS: ?

Only a couple of the above really matter in this light.

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Re:Google activated battery saving mode on multiple phones, ... by gear54rus on Friday September 14, 2018 @03:01AM (#17985221)

ubuntu phone might be the one

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