On Jan 29, 2015 7:37 PM, "Emueval Randomised" <[email protected]> wrote: > > An, > > Just because most Android devices don't come rooted it doesn't mean FirefoxOS devices shouldn't either. > > All Android 4.x devices, rooted or not, have basically all the functionality and average user can ask for. Sure an upgrade to those devices would be nice but ultimately they are pretty usable as they are so being "stuck" on say 4.2 isn't really that big a deal.
Fwiw, being stuck on a version of your phone OS without security updates is a big deal, both for Android and Firefox OS. - Kyle > FirefoxOS however is totally different. New essential features are still being added and without an ability to upgrade, even using unofficial community builds if not official updates, people are left with devices lacking basic features that a sub-$100 Android phone would offer out of the box. This is a major issue. People need to be able to use their FirefoxOS phones daily and not as a backup device. > > Secondly, I feel it is important to let, even encourage, users to "play" with their devices. Letting people get insight into the inner workings of their phone builds a community which can provide unofficial upgrades even if OEMs refuse. > > > On Monday, January 26, 2015 at 12:28:00 AM UTC+2, an wrote: > > > > This discussion flares up every time a sufficient number of people burn their fingers with new Firefox OS phones. And every time Mozilla people on the list sympathize but can't quite help or explain. > > I see 3 issues here, first, no Android phone comes rooted and no one complains, why Firefox OS users do? Someone must encourage them to believe that they should play with their devices. > > Second, Mozilla always claimed that they provide just the OS and have no say in what hardware is marketed therefore no responsibility for the state of the devices (rooted or not). > > The third one is that Mozilla is a PARTNER in this so blaming ZTE, LG, Alcatel and such for not providing upgrades or the possibility for users to do it themselves is blaming only half of the culprits. > > _______________________________________________ > dev-b2g mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
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