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The constant disappointment of devices like smartphones, for me, is that having a permanently-internet-connected computer full of sensors that I keep on me at all times should be a thing that I can treat as an assistive tool that is integrated into my sense of self, constantly taking in information, processing that in workflows I've created, and sharing that with me
in other words, it should be a programmable extension of the perception of the body
and the entire ecosystem around smart phones is very meant for Not That
@left_adjoint Yeah. The device is perfectly capable of being that, but then capitalism intervenes.
I think we're *almost* reaching the point where #LinuxMobile is becoming an attractive non-hostile alternative for people who would otherwise choose a non-smart phone.
Give it a few years, and I think a phone pre-installed with #postmarketOS would work well enough for tech-unenthusiasts to actually like it.
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Posted from my Linux phone)
@greytheearthling
> I think we're *almost* reaching the point where #LinuxMobile is becoming an attractive non-hostile alternative for people who would otherwise choose a non-smart phone.
For many people, #LinuxMobile has been a viable option for a long time already.
For many others, it remains out of reach.
The distinguishing factor I see so often is: The *platforms* aren't ready. Because the platform corporations are better served by a non-free app store, a non-free surveillance maze, a non-free refusal to interoperate with tools that better serve us.
We have good operating systems for these devices, right now. What we need is a fair playing field, to let #FreeSoftware apps interoperate with where people are.
And that can only be had by stripping #monopoly power from the platform corporations.