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minus-squarepartofthevoice@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 days agoThe open source community could really shove it to Apple and Google by figuring that out. Last I recall, a lot of mobile hardware requires proprietary firmware and drivers that make OSS work here really difficult.
minus-squareEm Adespoton@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoAnd then there’s fabrication. Where are you going to build your components and assemble the products?
minus-squarelemmeLurk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 day agoThere is smaller companies creating phones, if they would have the option of an mature open source os, I’m sure companies like fair phone or shift phone would make the switch.
The open source community could really shove it to Apple and Google by figuring that out.
Last I recall, a lot of mobile hardware requires proprietary firmware and drivers that make OSS work here really difficult.
And then there’s fabrication. Where are you going to build your components and assemble the products?
There is smaller companies creating phones, if they would have the option of an mature open source os, I’m sure companies like fair phone or shift phone would make the switch.