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Jolla Phone 2 & Sailfish OS: A Real Third Option (makertube.net)
submitted 3 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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[–] 47 points 3 months ago* (10 children)

Proprietary OS. Idc if it is "Linux". Android is Linux, and AOSP is open source. Why use a proprietary Linux distro over something like GrapheneOS which is fully free and open source software. I don't think any person who cares about their privacy should use SailfishOS. It really seems like privacy-washing and OSS-washing. I say kick proprietary Linux distros out of the community.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago (8 children)

    Oh shut up.

    This is why we can’t have nice things. Everytime something took a step in the right direction the past two decades in open source, someone started throwing toenails around, scaring off people.

    And while you throw ”proprietary” around with the toenails, you are the one here telling people to throw money at Google to buy a pixel. At least put your money where your mouth is and buy libre hardware.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago

    Agreed, annoying how much people are moving the goalpost for this thing. It's an actually usable alternative to android and ios, with hardware features literally voted by the community. It's not perfect, but it's actually viable, with features people actually wanted.

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    Ubuntu, Android... even they have proprietary parts. That’s the business. SailfishOS does too, but only a small part (~20%) is proprietary, like some UI components and hardware drivers. It’s not fully closed, just a pragmatic mix to work on real devices. So yes, you gotta pay the Jolla team.

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