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[–] 10 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I’m definitely glad it and others like it exist. But for phones isn’t the issue more with low-level hardware and firmware? I bet we really need Google to make “Pixel” an open platform and not just a device, so that we can have the “IBM compatible” of phones. But I trust the Google of today to do the opposite.

Maybe RISC-V is what I’m waiting for? An open phone is going to need to run the same software as Linux PCs to have all that good FOSS support, and I don’t think I’ve rad any rumors about x86 phones, lol.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Risc-V is not going to be any better. Technically, the ISA of Arm is very well documented. Sure, it is created and licensed out by a single company. But that doesn't matter when the device is either locked or has so many non-documented quirks and peripherals.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Bah, but thanks for the info!

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Well hey, on the upside I have switched back to browsing on my Linux PC rather than my phone. I have the monitors on arms next to my end of the couch, so I can hang out with my family and watch a movie or whatever, but also have a 27" monitor hovering over my lap. And I'm already kinda old so it will help once my eyes start going, lol.

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