Well, then we die.

That call sadly is wasted on me. Try and gather some software developers around your cause.

im not sure your demand is possible. Its my understanding arm is not like x86 in that it does not have a standard way of doing things. So the oses themselves dictate the hardware requirements and the phone manufacturers create phones compatible with the os rather than the other way around.

Yes, it takes discipline and keeping your ego in check to build a collective project. But that is what we need, instead of 50 versions of the same idea but all incredibly limited, shitty and insecure.

I am making a call for being civic contributor, for acting like you're part of a society.

Welk that's the thing about free software: you're never gonna have the One Ring To Rule Them All where there's unlimited choice. When people are free to make it how they like it, many will do just that. Of course there will be leaders, centers of gravity. My theory: the harder something is to make (and the more strongly it's subject to the network effect), the fewer variants of a solution there will be. The easier it is to come up with a solution, the more different ones there will be. As long as there's freedom, people are gonna opt for different ways.

I mean open-source, not microslop.

I posted this using the vanilla web interface, that's where you get that weird behaviour. But you can even get different web UIs for Lemmy, maybe because the vanilla experience is a bit... clunky?

Not gonna work, but you can always try Microsoft certainly has been trying for very long, luckily there are still forces trying to stop them. Maybe petition them?

We need to combine powers to make one good OS, one good "office suite", one good "browser" and so on. There's too much division.

Huh, Voyager on Android definitely won't let me do that. But the Fediverse is pretty flexible, so I guess ymmv.

Nope, both is possible, and now the case for this post. When you upload an image, Lemmy generates an URL for it and auto-inserts it into the URL field. You can then replace it with any other URL without the image getting deleted from the post. It's just that clicking on the preview of the image will then take you to that new URL instead of enlarging the image. In any case I find it confusing, the two things should be handled separately in the UI

Not sure. Can you explain further?

where do I demand more focus on a good OS that can work on most models like we have with PCs?

I think you can enter either a url or an image, but not both. You could add the image to the text portion of your post with markdown:


Thanks, I tried to fix it, hope it's better now!

That's a good call, we actually discussed that. It was argued that currently, the hardware attestation targeted in the campaign really only limits our usage of phones, not PCs. Tbh I have never thought about smart TVs and the likes. I urge everyone interested to join the discussion on Matrix and share your questions there!

Thanks for this hint. I put the address of the website in the URL field, then I uploaded the screenshot using the Image button. Apparently when you do that, Lemmy replaces the previously inserted URL with the one of the image you just uploaded. Must be a bug. Added the actual URL now.

Why limit this to phones? All devices we pay hard-earned money for should be fully owned and controlled by the purchaser. Consider the recent hubbub over someone taking control of their TV, for example.

Also, what's the website?

Good text, agree 100%. A bit of a hassle to read on my phone, though, because I have it locked in portrait mode!

I dunno. You could just try ordering one

Do those fancy green buttplugs come with the phone?

If the law has no teeth, and it's not being enforced, then why would they?

"Look!", says the politicians, "We made the law, we're on your side, vote for us! It's not our fault the judicial system isn't doing its part!"

too much silicone would be the point where if you open it again it rips out all the smd components.

Let’s not let perfect be the enemy of good. A step forward is still a step in the right direction.