Librephone Project: Free Software Foundation Now Wants to 'free Your Phone'
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The Free Software Foundation is launching the LibrePhone initiative to promote fully free mobile operating systems, sparking interest in the community for more secure and private mobile alternatives.
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Hardware --- why this PC/software minded approach just won't work with phones.
Phone hardware is all unique and proprietary and cheap (relatively speaking) --- due to manufacturing expertise and economies of scale. And the manufacturers like it this way.
Without this production/scale advantage, any "open" phone will cost 3-4x more for comparable performance. In other words --- it is destined to be a very niche market product.
The only hope for a mass market is to find a volume manufacturer willing to play along. Good luck with that.