Comment on This Espressif ESP32-Powered 4G "Smartphone," Programmed in the Arduino IDE, Packs The Essentials
notthebees@reddthat.com 2 days agoI wouldn’t consider it reinventing the wheel. Giant algae tanks to replace trees is reinventing the wheel. They’re just making a phone out of parts that would have originally been in a cheap phone at one point (before they got turned into development boards).
If I wanted to be super uncharitable, what the maker did was akin to this.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I do. What they are trying to create already exist. What is really needed is non intrusive software rather than hardware.
notthebees@reddthat.com 2 days ago
Which already exists and has existed for ages.
Lineage os (Android), e/os (Android), postmarket os (straight up Linux) would all be excellent answers for cutdown/debloatable mobile phone OSes. (also Ubuntu touch and whatever the pinephone shipped with)
Its probably a lot harder making an unintrusive os than it is making this.
This is cutdown hardware leading to simplified and cutdown software as it’s a necessity here.
FelixCress@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I strongly disagree. Spyware, bloatware, forced updates etc are a function of profit driven choice, not the necessity.
notthebees@reddthat.com 2 days ago
I’m not sure if I’m missing something or not.
I was referring to the Arduino phone. In general you’re not wrong.
The scope of the conversation is just the phone itself.
Hardware was designed first, and then they applied software.