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The โ€˜Europeanโ€™ Jolla Phone Is an Anti-Big-Tech Smartphone (www.wired.com)
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The Finnish company Jolla is back with the Linux-powered Jolla Phone. Itโ€™s being positioned as an antidote to the US-dominated smartphone status quo of Android and iOS.

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[โ€“] 28 points 6 months ago (2 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzCMKbhK-EY

Pity about the pay-walled factory reset and the closed source software they use like drivers, homescreen UI, the compositor, some QML components and the Android compatibility layer

It wouldn't bother me so much if they weren't specifically positioning themselves as privacy and FOSS advocates

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    What. What do you mean pay-walled factory reset?!

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  • [โ€“] 13 points 6 months ago

    In odd chance that you happened to forget your encryption password on old Jolla, the reset needed factory assistance, which cost some tens of dollars. So a nothingburger really, did not appear predatory, simply a bit lacking UX design.

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 6 months ago

    The pin seems like a security feature. If the seller has not given the pin, the device might be stolen. Also the video author blames Jolla for telnet not bring available on MacOS. The linked video does not mention any of the other points.

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