Re:Pinephone first steps
by pvg on Monday May 11, 2020 @04:32PM
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I don't think that's accurate, just google up an Apple ][. But even if it were true, it wouldn't be strong evidence for your 'consumer hardware platforms become more open' theory given the reality of the longer-lasting smartphone era we live in now. Both the theory and the example used to support it seem starkly at odds with that reality, to me.
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Game devices and smartphones were carefully designed to remain closed. Although the Pinephone and Librem 5 look like smartphones, and use many of the same components, they are far closer to phone-sized PCs. And so they're open from the start.