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Free Software Foundation Turns 40, Unveils LibrePhone (linuxiac.com)

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The project, developed in partnership with veteran free software developer Rob Savoye, aims to create a fully free and open mobile platform, from the firmware to the operating system.

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[-] Patariki@feddit.nl 123 points 1 day ago

I salute the early adopters who will suffer all the inconveniences of startups so the wider public can enjoy a non-corporate phone in the future. o7

[-] schema@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

I'm looking forward to get one of these just to play around with it, and maybe making some custom stuff for it.

[-] krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

I'm looking forward to actually seeing how my fucking works and what it's doing.

[-] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

how my fucking works and what it's doing.

I think only you can answer that one, friend

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 5 points 1 day ago

As soon as my current phone is paid off I am going to get this. No more fucking Spyware up the ass.

[-] Coopr8@kbin.earth 7 points 1 day ago

The project just launched and is a software-first project. We won't see a Libre Phone available for a while yet.

[-] ArmchairAce1944@discuss.online 1 points 8 hours ago

Then I will make do until then.

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago

And if Hurd is any indication I wouldn't hold my breath.

[-] Coopr8@kbin.earth 1 points 9 hours ago

That said, didn't hird basically die because Linux gained critical mass faster and peeled off the core developers? It would be nice to imagine another bottom-up mobile OS emerging and stealing the thunder of this one, but it seems like the hope here is that Libre Phone will gravitate in some of the devs from the existing top-down open phone projects. Who knows if that will work.

One thing I wouldn't count out right now though: China is very much in favor of getting software and hardware monopolies out from the control of US companies. Free/open(ish) LLMs are the big example, maybe they will jump on this to try and break Google's stranglehold on the mobile market.

[-] Coopr8@kbin.earth 1 points 9 hours ago

It isn't encouraging that they "launched" the initiative bit have no dedicated webpage or git for it yet. Seems like going off half-cocked

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca -4 points 1 day ago

Unless they can get this working with Android Auto or Carplay I don;t see it going anywhere.

[-] LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 hours ago

Not everyone has a car y'know. Actually I don't even know anyone who does.

[-] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

Nah many people don't live in their cars. I have 2 cars and never use Android Auto even when I could. I'm usually busy with driving instead of fooling with phone bullshit when I'm in the car anyway.