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Outside the security conscious crowd and the digital sovereignty crowd, they don't stand a chance.

He seems to no longer understand that, and he might run a decent business to the ground with his delusions.

Portugal has a similar law. As ridiculous as it gets.

SailfishOS, Ubuntu Touch, and Nura seem to be good contenders. One of them must become a real alternative to the duopoly.

We need a third option. Be it SalfishOS, Ubuntu Touch, Nura, or whatever picks up with a sizable community. We just need to start developing and investing in that one. It won't be perfect, but it will offer an alternative and control to the users.

I've been saying that for a while. We need a viable third option.

But it is not easy, and it takes a huge amount of effort. As others have said, theres SailfishOS, Ubuntu Touch, PostmarketOS and a few others.

I'm not sure which one is in a better position to become that third alternative we need, but this year I'm experimenting with all of them on different devices, to try to understand where they stand.

"posted from an Ubuntu Touch mobile device"

It seems a very reasonable outcome. I'm glad extremes didn't prevail.

HTTPX2 isn't a great name for a fork (or at all). Just leads to more confusion.

Nevertheless, I'm curious about the pros and cons when comparing with "niquests".

This is actually an excellent idea. Well done.

Some other comments suggested https://cortecs.ai/. I never tested it, but from a brief look, it does seem a viable alternative.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Yes, there's SailfishOS, there's Ubuntu Touch, and a couple more. It would be nice if one of them could gain traction so people can have a third choice.

> Graphene lets you run them.

It seems not all of them, and that things will only get worse if recent news comes true.

I'm impressed with the score. This is a model that runs on a good, but still regular, desktop PC.

The other day I saw this: https://nono.sh/

Haven't tested it yet, but it seems to address the same issue as Docker Sandboxes, but in a different way.

I'm not completely switching yet, but I'm also exploring SailfishOS and Ubuntu Touch to see how far they will allow me to go. We really need at least a third viable option; it is clear that only having Google's Android and Apple's iOS is not benefiting the individual user.

I'm in the same boat. Given many of the other brands do this as well, what options do we have for monitors and TVs?

In fact, what I really want is just a display. They can keep their “smart” stuff; I'm not interested.

That would be a nice one.

So many memories. We definitely lost something along the way.

That's the interesting question. Are expert engineers willing to go back after being treated that way or knowing what happened to others?

> they're doing this in the name of security

It is always in the name of security and good intentions.

Interesting. I will definitely add it to my list of services to experiment with.

I like the account/payment system, where you top up a random account number for a period. Instead of having to go with the whole process of creating and verifying an account with your data and then managing yet another recurring subscription.

Congrats on the release, wish you the best.

I really want this initiative to succeed. MBway a participant in it, is perhaps one of the most useful apps I ever had on my phone. Extending its functionality to all of Europe would be outstanding. Especially if I can then use it online on international websites.

Nice and succinct article, and the choices seem reasonable and well thought out.

My only question is, what are the selling points that made you choose Lettermint over Scaleway TEM?

Using TEM seemed obvious at first sight, given the fact that you already use Scaleway for object storage and compute.

This is genuinely funny. Spot on.

We all knew this wouldn't work (at least anyone who grew up during and after the 80s). These "rules", in the best-case scenario, are just useless bureaucracy or bloat in the name of good intentions. In the worst case, they have nothing to do with protecting kids and are just paving the way for what comes next.

To be sincere, they were never truly ours. A proof of that is they were able to come up with this, and you don't have a way to reject it.

What we actually need are (open) alternatives, not to double down on Google's ecosystem and Google-controlled OS. We need to control the device we bought and be able to run whatever we wish on it. Just like we do on PCs.

Makes sense. I never worked with this particular provider, but I must say that for many (many) use cases, Europe has very capable providers, and the big US players are not necessarily the best choices.

I would still get a Framework rather than a MacBook. A couple of hundred dollars for the openness, repairability, and upgradability is a great deal.

The movement of the "bat" is tied to the physical limitations of the arm and the positioning of the body. Something that can't be deduced or even perceived clearly from the movements of this robot.

As I mentioned in a previous comment, it would be important to know how many weeks of preparation and training against this sort of robot the player had before the match.

Exactly. There are cues that an opponent provides when approaching a ball that help the player prepare for and limit the range of possible responses (this happens with most racket games). With these robots, the players only find out after the ball is already coming in their direction.

I wonder how much practice these players had against the machine in the weeks leading up to the actual game. That would be significant to ensure they are playing at their pro level.