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Re:All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped by Tijdreiziger on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @12:55PM (#37407768)
I suppose they do not consider it a ‘truly convergent operating system’ since you cannot (officially) get root on it.
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Re:All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped by AdmiralAsshat on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @01:31PM (#37408245)
Can you get root on vanilla Android or iOS without jail-breaking, though? That seems generally true irrespective of the convergence factor.
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Re:All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped by Tijdreiziger on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @02:10PM (#37408809)
Yes, so the point is that people who care a lot about such things may not consider vanilla Android or iOS to be ‘true’ operating systems, but rather a sandbox with limited functionality.
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Re:All Librem 5 smartphones have shipped by angeleye on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:21PM (#37412737)
Bingo! I don't consider my phone a 'full computer', it's more like a 'computing appliance'.
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