Big Tech depends on you buying their hardware (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows) to pull you into their 'ecosystem of services': messaging, payments, streaming video and of course, targeted advertisements.
We need some kind of ecosystem-agnostic hardware vendor that provides/supports:
- a Linux-based GUI OS with minimal telemetry
- Web Apps unencumbered by the whims of monopolistic browser vendors
- a RISC-V desktop-class processor (one day...)
- repairable, swappable components
- some sort of local LLM interface for those who need it
Fairphone, Framework laptops and the to-be-released MNT Pocket Reform 7" laptopnprobably come closest to this, minus the RISC-V.
Nowadays OSS only seems to provide fodder for the big companies to pick up and chew on. Better Linux ain't gonna get many non tech people to not buy laptops from Apple, Dell, etc
Phone manufacturers should be forced to open the bootloader with reasonable hardware documentation so users can install alternatives, the insane situation that we have now is created by this very issue.
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Big Tech depends on you buying their hardware (iOS/Android/Mac/Windows) to pull you into their 'ecosystem of services': messaging, payments, streaming video and of course, targeted advertisements.
We need some kind of ecosystem-agnostic hardware vendor that provides/supports:
- a Linux-based GUI OS with minimal telemetry
- Web Apps unencumbered by the whims of monopolistic browser vendors
- a RISC-V desktop-class processor (one day...)
- repairable, swappable components
- some sort of local LLM interface for those who need it
Fairphone, Framework laptops and the to-be-released MNT Pocket Reform 7" laptopnprobably come closest to this, minus the RISC-V.
Please consider investing either time or funds in your Linux distro of choice.
Desktop Linux has made progress over the years in being a great substitute for Win/Mac thanks to webappification and Win/Mac emulation.
Mobile Linux still needs a lot of work on both hardware and software. Ubuntu Touch, Phosh, PostmarketOS, etc need every bit of help.
With the end goal being?
Nowadays OSS only seems to provide fodder for the big companies to pick up and chew on. Better Linux ain't gonna get many non tech people to not buy laptops from Apple, Dell, etc
Phone manufacturers should be forced to open the bootloader with reasonable hardware documentation so users can install alternatives, the insane situation that we have now is created by this very issue.