▲ 670 ▼ We should push other phone OEM's such as Fairphone and Samsung to work with PostmarketOS, GrapheneOS, and Ubuntu Touch (www.extremetech.com) submitted 6 months ago by viov@lemmy.world to c/opensource@lemmy.ml 113 comments fedilink hide all child comments Its always good to try!
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 11 points 6 months ago (7 children) what led you to this conclusion? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (6 children) Hmmm, maybe something like this: https://www.androidauthority.com/fairphone-murena-software-response-grapheneos-claims-3579637/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 21 points 6 months ago (3 children) Isn't /e/os (murena) a seperate company from fairphone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) Yes, and I don't know if it could even be classed as a collaboration. They just buy them and resell them with different firmware, basically? I assume some part of acceptance is required for that in practice, but it isn't like Fairphone ever advertised them as an official option (as far as I can tell or saw). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dabu@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Well, Fairphone sells phones with e/OS preinstalled on their website so at the very least they like each other permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago So instead of seeing an opportunity to do the same, they burned bridges with one of the only companies not locking down their OS? permalink fedilink source parent [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 24 points 6 months ago* the graphene people never fail to stir pot. lol they not wrong, but there's better ways to inform other people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago They are just saying that e/OS has delays of important updates that lag. Which the fairphine team then pretty much confirmed. Am I a dick for pointing out factual information? Are they? When it comes to something like security and privacy there should be no compromises. The truth should be heard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] lemmyng@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago (6 children) Hmmm, maybe something like this: https://www.androidauthority.com/fairphone-murena-software-response-grapheneos-claims-3579637/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 21 points 6 months ago (3 children) Isn't /e/os (murena) a seperate company from fairphone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) Yes, and I don't know if it could even be classed as a collaboration. They just buy them and resell them with different firmware, basically? I assume some part of acceptance is required for that in practice, but it isn't like Fairphone ever advertised them as an official option (as far as I can tell or saw). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dabu@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Well, Fairphone sells phones with e/OS preinstalled on their website so at the very least they like each other permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago So instead of seeing an opportunity to do the same, they burned bridges with one of the only companies not locking down their OS? permalink fedilink source parent [–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 24 points 6 months ago* the graphene people never fail to stir pot. lol they not wrong, but there's better ways to inform other people. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago They are just saying that e/OS has delays of important updates that lag. Which the fairphine team then pretty much confirmed. Am I a dick for pointing out factual information? Are they? When it comes to something like security and privacy there should be no compromises. The truth should be heard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gloomy@mander.xyz 21 points 6 months ago (3 children) Isn't /e/os (murena) a seperate company from fairphone? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) Yes, and I don't know if it could even be classed as a collaboration. They just buy them and resell them with different firmware, basically? I assume some part of acceptance is required for that in practice, but it isn't like Fairphone ever advertised them as an official option (as far as I can tell or saw). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dabu@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Well, Fairphone sells phones with e/OS preinstalled on their website so at the very least they like each other permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago So instead of seeing an opportunity to do the same, they burned bridges with one of the only companies not locking down their OS? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 6 months ago (2 children) Yes, and I don't know if it could even be classed as a collaboration. They just buy them and resell them with different firmware, basically? I assume some part of acceptance is required for that in practice, but it isn't like Fairphone ever advertised them as an official option (as far as I can tell or saw). permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dabu@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Well, Fairphone sells phones with e/OS preinstalled on their website so at the very least they like each other permalink fedilink source parent [–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago So instead of seeing an opportunity to do the same, they burned bridges with one of the only companies not locking down their OS? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dabu@lemmy.world 9 points 6 months ago Well, Fairphone sells phones with e/OS preinstalled on their website so at the very least they like each other permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago So instead of seeing an opportunity to do the same, they burned bridges with one of the only companies not locking down their OS? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 24 points 6 months ago* the graphene people never fail to stir pot. lol they not wrong, but there's better ways to inform other people. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Skankhunt420@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 months ago They are just saying that e/OS has delays of important updates that lag. Which the fairphine team then pretty much confirmed. Am I a dick for pointing out factual information? Are they? When it comes to something like security and privacy there should be no compromises. The truth should be heard. permalink fedilink source parent