Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> writes:
On 05/05/17 15:08, Ben Finney wrote:
Another example is the ZeroPhone, which is a hell of a lot more open than most Android phones because it's built on a Raspberry Pi Zero.
The Raspberry Pi has binary blobs, does the Zero have none?
I don't know. Given the number of devices in most smartphones that require binary blobs, I would think it safe to say what I did: that the ZeroPhone is a hell of a lot more open.
Oh and I agree with the rest of your post, but we need the better alternatives to go close to what is available otherwise in features, specs and performance; or at least enough to make the devices still useful.
Yes. Those alternatives only get better by sustained, widespread, vocal demand and funding, from people who say in public they're demanding and funding a device *because* it is more open. Waiting for them to get better *before* deciding whether to support them, is just leaving it to the existing market. Which is what gets us where we are today, so is not a solution. -- \ “The problem with television is that the people must sit and | `\ keep their eyes glued on a screen: the average American family | _o__) hasn't time for it.” —_The New York Times_, 1939 | Ben Finney