The project, developed in partnership with veteran free software developer Rob Savoye, aims to create a fully free and open mobile platform, from the firmware to the operating system.

  • Patariki@feddit.nl
    125·
    24 days ago

    I salute the early adopters who will suffer all the inconveniences of startups so the wider public can enjoy a non-corporate phone in the future. o7

    • schema@lemmy.world
      28·
      24 days ago

      I’m looking forward to get one of these just to play around with it, and maybe making some custom stuff for it.

      • Coopr8@kbin.earth
        7·
        24 days ago

        The project just launched and is a software-first project. We won’t see a Libre Phone available for a while yet.

        • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
          5·
          24 days ago

          And if Hurd is any indication I wouldn’t hold my breath.

          • Coopr8@kbin.earth
            1·
            23 days ago

            It isn’t encouraging that they “launched” the initiative bit have no dedicated webpage or git for it yet. Seems like going off half-cocked

          • Coopr8@kbin.earth
            1·
            23 days ago

            That said, didn’t hird basically die because Linux gained critical mass faster and peeled off the core developers? It would be nice to imagine another bottom-up mobile OS emerging and stealing the thunder of this one, but it seems like the hope here is that Libre Phone will gravitate in some of the devs from the existing top-down open phone projects. Who knows if that will work.

            One thing I wouldn’t count out right now though: China is very much in favor of getting software and hardware monopolies out from the control of US companies. Free/open(ish) LLMs are the big example, maybe they will jump on this to try and break Google’s stranglehold on the mobile market.

    • Clot@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      14 days ago

      Early adopters wont suffer, hope I would be one of them and I love testing stuff

    • Auli@lemmy.caEnglish
      38·
      24 days ago

      Unless they can get this working with Android Auto or Carplay I don;t see it going anywhere.

        • boonhet@sopuli.xyz
          2·
          23 days ago

          I’d still want an Android Auto and Apple Carplay equivalent.

          I want my 2030 car to still be able to get the latest and greatest hardware and software in 2040 via me upgrading my phone.

      • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        23 days ago

        Nah many people don’t live in their cars. I have 2 cars and never use Android Auto even when I could. I’m usually busy with driving instead of fooling with phone bullshit when I’m in the car anyway.