Hi Paul,
Op 06-05-19 om 17:39 schreef Paul Boddie: > > But without sustained support for any collaboration, it is almost easier, > particularly for the software developers, to look for opportunities > elsewhere. > People see new phones coming out all the time and hope that there is a quick > fix to be had: that everything will line up just fine and that Replicant, or > LineageOS, or whatever will just work miraculously, that the need to focus on > hardware will disappear. > > We are at the point where, unlike with desktop computers, we cannot simply > wait for "the market" to solve the problems facing Free Software on mobile > devices. Had a similar situation occurred with desktop computing, the FSFE > would have been limited to "Free Your Windows" campaigns. > > Advocating that people buy an ancient Galaxy device that was presumably > intercepted on its journey to being scrapped or sent to landfill, "while > stocks last", is not a sustainable situation over time. And Free Software > should be all about sustainability. This is where the FSFE and other > organisations lack apparent strategic direction. I'm thankfull that the community has provided Replicant, which I use daily. Could Samsung create legal and/or technical problems if the Replicant project would become "too succesfull"? Best regards, -- André Ockers Supporter, Free Software Foundation Europe Blog (Dutch) | http://o7s.eu Blog (English) | http://en.o7s.eu Diaspora | https://diasp.eu/i/bf035797fa6c Mastodon | https://framapiaf.org/@ao GnuPG public key | 0x0288A46FA7FF9A9B5BF64D6B7CD3FBC8F6005ED5 Word lid van de FSFE en bescherm uw vrijheid! (https://fsfe.org/fellowship/ams/join.php?ams=join)
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