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Re:Sailfish 4 by AshamedCaptain on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:50AM (#28316491)
No, you're wrong like I was. It's not just the hardware parts that are closed (what's under libhybris). It's also the entire UI toolkit (the library that they have on top of Qt) and most of the built-in applications that are closed source.
Re:Sailfish 4 by poetaster on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:21PM (#28316963)
Hmm. Don't use the built ins, but i do use silica. My focus is to do dev, and convince them to open more as the external devs generate more value. See the obs build service... Etc.
Re:Sailfish 4 by poetaster on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:41PM (#28317257)
Well, i do use contacts and dialer and the broken settings interfaces. Yep, it us all just one grand experiment. I rdcdntly had to ask where in qml land to hack my event screen. Well, that was hackable. I dint buy marketing bull from anyone. I wasnt and am not interested in the privacy angle as long as google and apple are the norm.
Re:Sailfish 4 by AshamedCaptain on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:23PM (#28316999)
You do not even use the builtin phone dialer? It's closed. Settings app? Closed. Etc.
Re:Sailfish 4 by poetaster on Thursday August 26, 2021 @12:56PM (#28317463)
Also, closed source shoos that actively promote patching are ok by me.
Re:Sailfish 4 by tbr on Thursday August 26, 2021 @11:55AM (#28316578)
Yep, "Always has been" sigh