New blog post: Why "digital sovereignty" requires a free software alternative to Android and iOS, and how we're building towards that 🏗️
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There's lots of Open Source hardware already.
And Open Source doesn't mean 'free of charge'
Far from complete list: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_hardware_projects@chasalin @f_underscore @modal
The problem is not if it is available - the problem is, if it has any place whatsoever in the market, outside of a few enthusiasts.
There are people buying a Morgan car today, but they are so few and far between, that the car in itself has no impact on the market or the world at all.
Having a mobile phone with open source hardware is irrelevant if it is so expensive that only a few people can - or will - buy it.
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@f_underscore @madsenandersc @modal
For average consumers the #Librem5 will be inconvenient compared to modern Android or Apple phones.
But there are also people (like me) who have some tolerance for inconvenience to gain freedom and independence from #bigtech.
I'm using my Librem 5 as my daily phone. The operating system will soon get an upgrade.
By buying a Librem 5 one could support the development of #Linux phones.
That is really fine, and all the more power to you (and no sarcasm intended at all - I really mean it).
However, it does not change the fact that we cannot let "digital sovereignty" wait for open source hardware (that is where the discussion started), and that is why I called it a pipe dream. It is simply to far into the future at this point.
And yes, I was not clear enough in my language. It is not that open source hardware cannot happen, it is that it cannot be the path forward to digital sovereignty.
