Elena ``of Valhalla''

Elena ``of Valhalla'' at

If You Want Software Freedom on Phones, You Should Work on Firefox OS, Custom Hardware and Web App Self-Hostablility
To achieve full-stack Software Freedom on mobile phones, I think it makes sense to

* Focus on Firefox OS, which is already Free Software above the driver layer, instead of focusing on removing proprietary stuff from Android whose functionality is increasingly moving into proprietary components including Google Play Services.
* Commission custom hardware whose components have been chosen such that the foremost goal is achieving Software Freedom on the driver layer.
* Develop self-hostable Free Software Web apps for the on-phone software to connect to and a system that makes installing them on a home server as easy as installing desktop or mobile apps and connecting the home server to the Internet as easy as connecting a desktop.
@valhalla@identi.ca also look at mer which is a base for sailfish and a plans active build.

Diane Trout at 2015-03-02T20:30:53Z