from their article it seems like they’re planning to reverse engineer firmware blobs for a phone that already runs a mostly free android distro (LineageOS). I know the importance of free firmware and stuff, but honestly, that phone is freer than most phones in the market. My opinion is that they should invest(?) in non-Android linux mobile OSes instead.
I think it makes sense to choose a phone that’s freer than most phones as a start, then fill up the gaps to make it fully free. As things are all phones have blobs (even non-Android ones).
I expect non-Android linux mobile OSes can also benefit from the reverse engineered firmware.
from their article it seems like they’re planning to reverse engineer firmware blobs for a phone that already runs a mostly free android distro (LineageOS). I know the importance of free firmware and stuff, but honestly, that phone is freer than most phones in the market. My opinion is that they should invest(?) in non-Android linux mobile OSes instead.
I think it makes sense to choose a phone that’s freer than most phones as a start, then fill up the gaps to make it fully free. As things are all phones have blobs (even non-Android ones).
I expect non-Android linux mobile OSes can also benefit from the reverse engineered firmware.