Matej Ľach ✅ @MatejLach@social.matej-lach.me

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Sent from your Android/iPhone?

I care about having a phone I can do whatever I want with, because in the end this will empower more people to escape the big brother. Librem's Mastodon instance can be blocked at the click of a button, having real hardware we can build fee software upon is more challenging. However if Librem5 takes off, I don't think they will be the only choice for long, which is what I ultimately want.

It already means that GTK4 will be ready for phones, which is huge, I don't necessarily see Samsung jumping on this anytime soon, but a Raspberry Pi 5 sold as an official phone kit w/ case, modem, screen all included similar to their desktop kits, getting into schools, on TV and into magazines, offering compelling performance at an affordable price...maybe even #Huawei jumping in with super polished hardware now that they're locked out of the #Google ecosystem?

The future looks interesting...

Yes, the #Librem5 doesn't have have modern hardware, yes, it's expensive for now & yes, Purism has made missteps along the way, but I am still eagerly waiting for mine, because it's been 12 years since the original iPhone and I'd say that's enough of a head start for proprietary software. Once there's real hardware to target, free software will catch up quickly & that will make hardware OEMs consider it, springing up more compelling hardware, eventually, but for now we can't be very HW picky.

People are understandably upset about #Microsoft removing the option to not sign in into their cloud if you' happen to install #Windows while connected to the internet, but sadly and somewhat predictably, I see a lot of commenters making excuses for why they still cannot switch to #Linux, non working WiFI, audio - things not valid for a decade - instead people seem to be looking at #Apple.

#Apple that increasingly relies on services, lets contractors listen in on Siri conversations etc.

@ragekit What I have a problem with is misrepresenting what RMS said as then I can't take the reporter as a honest actor in the first place. If the reporter has a point, there's no need to misrepresent, otherwise it reeks of dishonesty.

My problem is with the misrepresentation re the "willing" part, RMS did not write that she was actually willing. Saying so it's a smear.

Am reminded of the recent Apple piece attacking Project Zero for exposing iOS flaws.

Might've been a better idea not to say anything if THIS is what they're going to come out with.

"It’s not about the $100,000, it’s about decisions we’ve made to engage the government." [because future contracts would be worth far more?]

"that’s the decision that we made as a leadership team" [so shut up about it, worker bees?]

"I certainly don’t want to be viewed as I’m taking a strong stand in support of ICE" [He'd rather just support them without being noticed?]

Regardless of what one things about the actual issue, this is a terrible writing style for a CEO.