I would agree that I don't want to bash them, I think it's better to just explain that a blob still exists in those products and the problems with the modems.
Cheers, chillfan ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On May 4, 2018 10:52 PM, Daniel Abrecht <d...@danielabrecht.ch> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA256 > > On 2018-05-04 20:03, Rick Moen wrote: > > > > Librem 5 phone coming next year for me. > > > > > > Ah, Librem. Let's see: > > > > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20161010040458/https://blogs.coreboot.org/ > > blog/2015/02/23/the-truth-about-purism-why-librem-is-not-the-same-as-lib > > re/ > > > > > https://web.archive.org/web/20161010100959/https://blogs.coreboot.org/bl > > og/2015/08/09/the-truth-about-purism-behind-the-coreboot-scenes/ > > > Internet Archive links because someone (guess who?) raised a stink, > > > > and Alex Gagniuc's comments were then taken down. > > I've ordered a librem 5 phone too. I'm really annoyed by the very few > > people that go to great lengths just to badmouth those who give their > > best to make products as good, libre, and user respecting as possible > > for them, just over some minor details. There is no such thing as a > > perfect system after all, and there are a lot of companies that are > > actually evil, to which raising awareness would help much more than > > complaining about those that do make a step in the right direction. > > Also, as far as I know, there is no other phone which: > > - Doesn't use gralloc and allows me to install any normal linux > > distro I want, not just ones for phones > > - Does care at all about privacy, for example by including physical > > kill switches > > - Provides development kits & documentation > > I can't speak for other people, but I prefer to do have a somewhat > > good and libre phone that I can control over no phone or phones I > > can't use the way I want them to. > > Regards, > > Daniel Abrecht _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
