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Re:iOS 15 Humane by Ar-Curunir on Thursday June 10, 2021 @03:46AM (#27458046)
There’s plenty of hardware that runs Linux just fine, and allows deep tinkering.

In the mobile world, Android allows tinkering, but also achieves much worse privacy and security guarantees

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Re:iOS 15 Humane by int_19h on Thursday June 10, 2021 @05:55AM (#27458890)
Linux became as popular as it is because it could run on the most widespread desktop hardware: IBM PC compatibles. And that was possible because it was an open ecosystem.
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Re:iOS 15 Humane by fsflover on Thursday June 10, 2021 @04:36AM (#27458390)
Librem 5 and Pinephone both allow deep tinkering without privacy problems.
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Re:iOS 15 Humane by Dah00n on Thursday June 10, 2021 @09:27AM (#27460470)
That is a disingenuous comparison though. Compare X86 market share when Linus started coding Linux and Librem/Pinephone market share today. The difference is that to have a snowball's chance in hell to grow and spread you need to be able to thinker and invent on the hardware most people use.
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Re:iOS 15 Humane by fsflover on Thursday June 10, 2021 @10:29AM (#27461184)
I'm not suggesting that we don't need more freedom for hardware most people use. I just say that if you want to support freedom, consider abandoning Apple and choosing other phones.
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