It’s nice, and good to see more of a push. However, I think kill switches for at least microphone and camera should be the new default. It’s absolutely ridiculous to walk around with an internet connected mic and a camera that looks at your face whenever you look at your phone. Personally, I’ll never carry a phone around anymore that doesn’t have mics and cameras desoldered or there’s a kill switch. For the back camera a cover with a slide is fine, but doesn’t really work with the front part.
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suodrazah@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The year of the Linux mobile is coming.
jukmehrk@lemmy.org 1 day ago
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
I would carry around a flip phone if my work didn’t require Passkeys generated exclusively from MS Authenticator.
Retro_unlimited@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I just put stickers on the selfie camera.
ICastFist@programming.dev 1 day ago
As long as companies can keep pumping shitty, almost entirely closed off android phones that cost less than 200 dollars for consumers (selling hardware at a loss while making up for data harvesting and sale), “linux mobile” will be just another meme along with “year of the linux desktop”
mesamunefire@piefed.social 2 days ago
Neat! And a removable battery.
Debian too! Always liked me some Debian, super stable.
pool_spray_098@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sign me the fuck up!
The specs look quite decent, and it even has an SD card slot. I really would love to get away from android.
BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
I want to believe, I really do. But I fear that the crypto apps people have grown dependent on will make it harder than the desktop battle. And IDK but I seem to recall every year since at least 2001 being proclaimed to be the year of the Linux desktop.
I rely on my banking apps (plural), governmental email app, government authentificator app and the governmental LMS app for public schools to make my everyday function.
seralth@lemmy.world 1 day ago
A phone that can’t do NFC payment, banking and authenticator work is not a phone. It’s a pile of shit that’s little more than a toy for children.
Nothing wrong with toys, but they arnt useable products worth any amount of real money.
Victoriathecompact@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
is this legit?
spicehoarder@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
IS THAT A FUCKING HEADPHONE JACK!?
Let’s go 🔥🔥🔥
UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Standards are low huh?
Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Well all the major brands are below that…