Hi Paul,
Op 06-05-19 om 17:39 schreef Paul Boddie:
But without sustained support for any collaboration, it is almost easier, particularly for the software developers, to look for opportunities elsewhere. People see new phones coming out all the time and hope that there is a quick fix to be had: that everything will line up just fine and that Replicant, or LineageOS, or whatever will just work miraculously, that the need to focus on hardware will disappear.
We are at the point where, unlike with desktop computers, we cannot simply wait for "the market" to solve the problems facing Free Software on mobile devices. Had a similar situation occurred with desktop computing, the FSFE would have been limited to "Free Your Windows" campaigns.
Advocating that people buy an ancient Galaxy device that was presumably intercepted on its journey to being scrapped or sent to landfill, "while stocks last", is not a sustainable situation over time. And Free Software should be all about sustainability. This is where the FSFE and other organisations lack apparent strategic direction.
I'm thankfull that the community has provided Replicant, which I use daily.
Could Samsung create legal and/or technical problems if the Replicant project would become "too succesfull"?
Best regards,