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The Librephone project aims to remove proprietary blobs from smartphones running an open-source OS (www.cnx-software.com)
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[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I wish them all the luck because we desperately need stuff like this and like Linux phones in the mobile space as Google and Apple threaten to lock the entire space down with Android and iOS respectively.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

we do. The way things are going Im apparently going to die as secular amish.

[–] DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

PCs even are still more open by a large degree than mobile devices despite MS' multiple attempts to lock them down at the bootloader/firmware level and despite traditional desktops getting priced further and further out of reach to most people, with mini PCs picking up the slack in the budget sector as a result.