Re:Back to Android (For the Time Being)
by RussianCow on Monday October 10, 2022 @09:27PM
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I'm sorry I touched a nerve. :)
We already have a "working" Linux distribution for mobile devices: Android. But what projects like Pine and Librem are trying to do is build an alternative that is 100% open source (or as close as reasonably possible) and does not rely on proprietary, third-party services. If that's not important to you, that's fine, but don't dismiss the progress that's been made. Some of us actually care about this stuff. :)
I'm also not sure how Sailfish is relevant to this discussion at all while Android exists and is the dominant (non-iOS) mobile platform.
We already have a "working" Linux distribution for mobile devices: Android. But what projects like Pine and Librem are trying to do is build an alternative that is 100% open source (or as close as reasonably possible) and does not rely on proprietary, third-party services. If that's not important to you, that's fine, but don't dismiss the progress that's been made. Some of us actually care about this stuff. :)
I'm also not sure how Sailfish is relevant to this discussion at all while Android exists and is the dominant (non-iOS) mobile platform.