The Librem 5: A Matrix-Native FLOSS Smartphone
I wish these guys would just use android from the get go. It's already running on i.mx6, so by switching now they would at least have a chance of making a decent product.<p>They are literally throwing away hundreds of millions of dollars of excellent work that has been put into power optimization for no good reason. I've told the ceo there this like at least 3x but he is stubborn.<p>> “Android is so frustrating! Trying to remove Google’s privacy invasion bit-by-bit removes functionality bit-by-bit, and you end up with a non-working phone. Purism will solve this by putting your privacy protection and security first.” — Zlatan Todorić, CTO<p>This quote is nonsense. There are at least 3 projects (replicant,copperhead & another) that are shipping trees like this.<p>It will be so much harder for them to create a phone that stays alive for more than an hour or two running a full linux desktop.