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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by jeena@jemmy.jeena.net to c/technology@lemmy.world

Today 10 years ago I went to Poland to buy a Phone with pre installed #Firefox OS on. The Phone was a Alcatel One, so very shitty. Two years later I installed Firefox OS on my Nexus 5 instead.

It was a very good concept, but sadly rolled out on too shitty hardware so it never caught on.

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[-] root@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago

Wish something like that would come back.

[-] bill_1992@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year ago

Same, having competitors to Android and iOS would be great.

I had a Windows Phone (NOT the older Windows Mobile) for a while back around 2011 thanks to my job as a multi-platform mobile developer. I loved that phone and the OS and developing apps for it was a lot easier and faster than for Android or iOS. I was surprised at how quickly Microsoft kicked the whole thing to the curb.

[-] Venicon@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Nokia Lumia 700 in bright blue was stunning! I really liked it, the tiles were different and it felt funky. Pity they abandoned the project.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

There's a Linux phone, but I've heard it is a beautiful mess.

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We have GNU/Linux on smartphones now. There is PinePhone and Librem 5. Some Android phones can run GNU/Linux too.

[-] maniel@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago

It's KaiOS now, completely independent from Mozilla

[-] EsLisper@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

People talk about FFOS like it was a failed project while in reality it was successfully commercialized and is so popular it has a native WhatsApp client. It has ~70x more users than LineageOS. Maybe Mozilla didn't knew how to make money out of it but it's definitely was a great OS project.

[-] LemmyWinks666@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I always thought it'd be more of a feature phone type os. Couldn't compete with what Android had to offer to the mainstream Western market at the time using primarily HTML, but I'm glad to find out that is what it turned into.

[-] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

KaiOS runs on feature phones, with some advanced stuff like WiFi, 4G net and an app store. It should run on low-end smartphones, but I don't think any have been released yet.

[-] traveler01@lemdro.id 0 points 1 year ago

Mozilla as a company is being a fucking disgrace. They have one of the most popular and beloved browser and they can still manage to fuck it up.

[-] EsLisper@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

IDK, I still like them. Definitely still managing not be evil. And keep in mind they are competing with multi-billion $ corporations that pretty much control how the web works today. Google (and others of course) first turned the web into ad funded business and then used their huge ad revenue to build a really good browser and promoted it using shady practices. What was Mozilla supposed to do? Sometimes simply having better software is not enough.

[-] Freesoftwareenjoyer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

We have PinePhone and Librem 5 now.

[-] walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

there are a few like postmarketos and ubuntu touch for specific phones, among others

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