Imagine you could install any software on any device. The devices you own that don't receive updates anymore, or where you found out that the software is full of ads/tracking. You could replace it, maybe with a Linux distro like postmarketOS running mainline. These devices wouldn't need to be electronic waste. We signed @fsfe's #openletter to the EU to make this happen.
You can sign it, too!
https://fsfe.org/activities/upcyclingandroid/openletter.html
@postmarketOS @fsfe let’s start with phones and routers. we use these devices in our homes everyday!
@postmarketOS @fsfe so it is mandatory to have your name published on the site when signing? Cannot sign without having that "optional" box checked. Yet the linked list has just 2 entries. So I wonder how the others signed it without being listed.
Seeing the list of organizations having signed somehow doesn't make it plausible there were only 2 individuals signing it in the same period. So what's wrong here?
@IzzyOnDroid @postmarketOS @fsfe@media.fsfe.org we are sorry for the bug and any inconvenience, it should be fixed now, can you please re-check?
the list is so small because until today only organisations have been able to sign the letter and the list is also only updated every 24 hours, so the list will be longer tomorrow : )
@fsfe@mastodon.social @postmarketOS @fsfe@media.fsfe.org I have to admit I simply manipulated the HTML (via inspector) to remove the mandatory flag before sending the form (which worked, so I've already signed).
Looking at the form now: yes, looks good – thanks!
@postmarketOS @fsfe I tried to sign, but I cannot be sure it was accepted - the confirmation button on the webpage reached viabthe confirmation link reported an error 'limit exceeded, only 20 requests per hour allowed' I certainly didn't clicked more than once
@tomterl @postmarketOS @fsfe Same here. No VPN and only one on this WAN address.
@postmarketOS @fsfe reshared. Thank you FSFE and postmarketOS.
@postmarketOS @fsfe Also worth noting the EU page for implementing said policy if it opens for third round of feedback at some point:
Not sure what the current "Commission adoption: Planned for Fourth quarter 2022" means in practice. Maybe @EU_Commission can elaborate?
@postmarketOS @fsfe @EU_Commission I'm personally very eager to unlock the bootloader of my #Nokia #HMDGlobal phone that is currently marked as "impossible" here:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_unlocking
Didn't know this impossibility at the point of purchase, I would have liked a mark indicating that on the box. The other Sony Xperia 10 III that I have bootloader unlocked doesn't compare well to the Nokia 8.3 5G.
@postmarketOS @fsfe @EU_Commission I'm Finnish and very proud of Nokia and HMD Global but I have wondered about their strong stance on #sustainability and #CircularEconomy in ads while simultaneously not allowing bootloader unlocking to extend the lifespan of the device.
@pekkasipila @postmarketOS @fsfe @EU_Commission Current ecodesign plans foresee to introduce an energy label as well as a repair label for mobile phones which is good. I do think but it would also be really helpful for customers to add to that label the information if the bootloader of the device is accesible and if it is possible to install another operating system with ease or not.
@postmarketOS @fsfe A real thing people forget: I want some older versions of software to stay around. Some of my sons favorite games, THAT I PAID FOR, are gone from the Apple ecosystem (so the minute you upgrade devices... it can't be installed) or aren't working on newer iOS, or the games changed so much as to not be what he wants to play (looking at you Lego Duplo game, grrrr).
@postmarketOS @fsfe Signed it too. For the win!
Imagine that this device is not only a smartphone, a TV, but also a washing machine, a fridge, a car, an autonomous driving truck, an autonomous flying cab, ...
Imagine there will be competition at the interface between hardware and software: No more walled gardens. No more "golden" cages: you sovereignly decide the operating system of your property: you decide who should have control over your property.
Fewer #bugs, less #fraud, no more #bugdoor s and no more #backdoos.
@postmarketOS @fsfe FSFE: we're several people who want to sign but just like @tomterl when we click to confirm, we're getting the 'limit exceeded, 20 requests...' error, and then "Not Found No such pending confirmation ID".
Could you please fix this and inform us when it is done? I would like to share this more broadly, and it'd be better if people were not met with an error message. Thanks!
@turbobob @postmarketOS @fsfe @tomterl thank you for reporting and sorry for the inconvenience. it should work now, can you please re-try?
@fsfe @turbobob @postmarketOS I can confirm that signing again with the same data from the beginning doesn't throw an error anywhere - thanks for fixing it and reporting back
@tomterl @fsfe @postmarketOS Great! Indeed, it also worked for me this time. Many thanks for your very quick response @fsfe
@postmarketOS @fsfe That's quite interesting. I have an old Google Nexus. I've been dreading using it lately because it now seems quite slow and vendors can't seem to go 5 minutes without requiring me to update this or that. Maybe this project will help breathe new life into the hardware.