The Finnish company Jolla is back with the Linux-powered Jolla Phone. It’s being positioned as an antidote to the US-dominated smartphone status quo of Android and iOS.

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The Finnish company Jolla is back with the Linux-powered Jolla Phone. It’s being positioned as an antidote to the US-dominated smartphone status quo of Android and iOS.

  • Asfalttikyntaja@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Fediverse is like “oh, I wish there would be some other option to phones apart from android and iOS!” When you show them there’s another option, all are going like “it’s fucking obsolete, it can’t even run android apps and it’s not cheap enough, I will use android and iOS because they are better! And reasonable priced.”

    • realitaetsverlust@piefed.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      That’s not just the fediverse, sadly. That’s most of humanity. Everyone is complaining “Oh big tech is sooo bad I want to get away from those companies” but the second you suggest options they will say: “Oh no it’s too inconvenient”. Hell, you can get away from big tech today if you wanted to, but you want it to stay as convenient as it is. You can get a privacy respecting browser, install addons that block any tracking, get an old pixel, install graphene (via the extremely comfortable web installer that every dummy can use), install linux, use an alternative search engine like DDG or searxng and you’re like 80% done.

      People like to complain about big tech. But they don’t want to do anything that inconveniences them. Online activism at it’s finest.

    • Default Username@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      3 months ago

      My problem with Sailfish is the UI is proprietary, which is a step back from Android. I also don’t think this phone uses a mainline kernel, which limits long-term support to whenever their chosen LTS kernel goes EOL.

      What I want is a phone that has a fully functional mainline Linux kernel, which currently does not exist. It’d be even better if the primary bootloader was replacable, similar to how coreboot can be installed on some laptops.

      It is very nice to see a phone with a removable battery and a microSD card slot, though.

    • kingofthezyx@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      3 months ago

      They are mostly different people. One group of people comments on their desire for something open when something closed is mentioned, and another group comments on the downsides of something open when it’s being discussed.

    • manualoverride@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      There is a reason it’s a duopoly, making a competing phone eco system to rival two of the wealthiest companies in the world is not easy. Microsoft tried but even they didn’t have enough money. People need apps, because companies want us to use their apps and there are only two app stores, one is walled off so you basically have to run Android apps or convince every company to make an app for your OS. I’m not wealthy so I only buy a phone every 8-10 years… if I can’t ensure I can do my banking shopping and entertainment on my phone I can’t buy it, and every banking/shopping/entertainment site is designed to be terrible on a phone so they can get you to install their app.