I find it really off putting, how weak is their hardware, compared to a normal Android phone in a similar price range.
replyWeak hardware can work quite well with optimized and non-bloated software (which doesn't constantly phone home). For example, maps and Youtube work smoothly on Pinephone with SXMo. See also: https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/.
replyI hope so, but I just don't understand what exactly causes such massive price difference.
replyIs it because this kind of phones are a very niche product so they can't benefit from the economy of scale?
Maybe android phone manufacturers can get better deals from chip manufacturers because they buy chips in large quantities?
Niche product, non-standard components, strict requirements of free drivers with GNU/Linux support: https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/
replyIf you like privacy without security then yeah .
replyThere is no security in a vacuum. Security depends on your threat model. I use Firefox with NoScript and never run untrusted apps on my Librem 5.
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