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A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Sailfish OS has it.

Unfortunately the project has some closed source bits which, imho, aren’t an issue when you look closer. Maybe I’m naive but I trust this EU company.

I use it as my daily driver. It certainly is frugal compared to recent Android versions, but fully functional.

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Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I used Maemo on my N900 <3.

I don’t wanna use Sailfish bcs of the phone support tho, I’m shallow af & I need my hardware :(.
(I also have a few other Sailfish issues, the source code/availability/package, the licencing - but I feel like all of those could/would change with some growth.)

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- A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I understand. But I think it’s right that they concentrate on a few devices. There’s also something about SONY openly providing firmware iirc.
  
  Ah, the N900…
  
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  - Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yes, I agree.
    But Sony has drivers out there for a few more devices.
    
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GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Sadly, SailfishOS is region locked. Being from North America, I can’t purchase their phones, or use the trial/emulation option, which really sucks because I like a lot of what I’m seeing there.

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- vala@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Us here in NA finally get to see what its like on the other side of the region locking coin haha.
  
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  - GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Yeah, I’d be happy if they had an unsupported version, but I get that could cause negative publicity for those who couldn’t accept that unsupported means exactly that.
    
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    vala@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Fwiw I use a phone imported from the UK (Nothing Phone 1) in NA without problems so who knows why they won’t do this.
    
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- A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  There are a few happy US users on the forums. Maybe check out what they have to say.
  
  I’m sure the company is perfectly happy with having these users. AFAIR the reason they don’t sell outside EU is that it would add hassle, mostly sales legalities.
  
  I didn’t know you cannot buy the C2 in the USA, but I would recommend an Xperia X10 II or X10 III anyhow.
  
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neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
Do you by chance know if WeChat and Facebook messenger work on it?

Those apps are critical for my work.

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- A_norny_mousse@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Check the forums.
  
  FWIW, Signal works perfectly, WA too.
  
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