pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
the Jolla phone is the way to go
Are there any downsides to this? There has to be, right.
Are there any downsides to this? There has to be, right.
SailfishOS userland is proprietary software. AOSP is more open than SailfishOS. The Android compatibility layer of SailfishOS is based on AOSP, so the stack to get the most important 3rd party apps working relies as much on AOSP as any Android ROM.
Upside of SailfishOS: There is a decent chance that the upcoming Linux ARM version of Steam + Proton will run directly on that device.
SailfishOS userland is proprietary software
I don’t see it really as a downside compared to Android, since no OEM is running clean AOSP.
I don’t see it really as a downside compared to Android, since no OEM is running clean AOSP.
This article is about Fairphone with /e/OS, not some other OEM with a proprietary Android variant.
I think I bought one, but I’m not sure. I might have been very drunk back then.
On the first one there were limitations on the android emulation stack. Not sure how they managed afterwards on later OS releases or how it will go with newer ones.
artyom@piefed.social 15 hours ago
I mean the downsides are it’s Linux. That’s not without it’s upsides but the downsides are huge.
pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
Would a phone have that many downsides? I would think that a computer would have much more. Maybe the phone companies don’t play nice? I 100% don’t know what the downsides would be.
artyom@piefed.social 15 hours ago
From my research, the phone part of the “phone” doesn’t work very well. Which is a pretty big caveat.
mesamunefire@piefed.social 15 hours ago
I have one. It has no issues with calling, video, ect…
It works in the states as well. And all apps too. I guess my only complaint is parts are getting hard to come by for fairphone 4. Which is why i bought the phone, to be repairable.
aegg@europe.pub 12 hours ago
Where did you get that from? I have been using one for the past 6 months without any calling issues.
WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social 15 hours ago
That’s the main thing you’re buying it for…
ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml 15 hours ago
It also isn’t as performant for the price, or so I’ve heard. They’re working on it, but it isn’t up to par with big name companies.
krashmo@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
What does that mean to you? I hear people say this all the time but I haven’t come across anything my phone couldn’t run in over a decade. I haven’t had a flagship or top tier phone in that whole time either. Are you talking about actual functionality issues or just theoretical stuff and benchmarks?
Mihies@programming.dev 14 hours ago
Like Android you mean?
artyom@piefed.social 13 hours ago
What about it?
Mihies@programming.dev 2 hours ago
Android is technically doing just fine.