QotD

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“Basically. we need to put the chipset OEM boards of directors atop rickety, wooden structures over hungry-shark tanks … and then explain that only the continuously timely release of the firmware APIs for Linux will prevent a tragic mishap resulting from the deliberate weakening of the support struts and beams.

I know, I know, it seems extreme, but I’ve given the matter a lot of thought and … trust me … it is merely serendipitous, not by design, that the most effective solution also happens to be my preferred one.”

— Me, today, in conversation ¹.

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¹ About the problem of mobile phones only being reliably supported by Android and iOS at spec and price-points that make them truly viable options ².

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² These are all lovely, I’m sure … but hopelessly underspecced and overpriced:

https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-linux-secure-phones-for-privacy-and-security/

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