Nadella, Gates, and Ballmer have all admitted to Microsoft’s mobile mistakes.

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Fair enough, what I really want is the ability to have a proper, functional, linux distro on my phone

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I’m hoping the slow creep of right to repair laws will help with this. Forcing manufacturers to provide spare parts, documentation and diagnostic tools to independent shops I think will inevitably lead to more open devices in general.

There would already be a vibrant community of smartphone Linux distros right now if bootloaders were unlocked and manufacturers were more forthcoming with documentation.

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very good point. the best use for that ewaste would be decent retreads for people who just need a phone and don’t care that it’s a few years from ‘latest and greatest’.

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one day… they’re certainly powerful enough these days.

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