-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12-11-15 10:15 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Everybody seems to be justifying non-free software because they want the > latest toy. It's not a device that is becoming a necessity in the world in which we live. These are toys and as such I can't accept it.
I don't think generalizing like that is useful. If *you* don't need it and you can't accept it, that's fine, don't just assume everybody is in the same boat. > > I'm not perfect although I will resist. I'm not going to pick up a tablet until there is something which is more freedom friendly. I may on the other hand contribute to a project which is aiming to free a tablet/or chipsets that will make a free software tablet possible. That would be Replicant, which coincidentally just relased their version 4: http://replicant.us/2012/11/replicant-4-0-0001-images-release/ This is how to help: http://replicant.us/how-to-help/ > If you want a tablet badly enough find a project that is working toward > solving the non-free problems and contribute the money you might otherwise have spent on a tablet instead. I'd agree funding/helping such a project (like Replicant) without using the current non-free devices is the most ethical way of furthering this. I also think just like using Windows with free open source software, I see using Android with f-droid and Google service autonomous alternatives an important way to help such projects while testing. This also helps others and guide them through the ideal scenario of a fully free device+software. Both are important parts of that equation. Keeping in mind the huge adoption of Android (non-free) devices and CyanogenMod (mostly free) firmware, there's good traction to then get to that goal. Here are two other links about F-Droid and about Google alternatives: http://f-droid.org/ http://redmine.replicant.us/projects/replicant/wiki/GoogleAppsFreeReplacements Cheers, F. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: PGP/Mime available upon request Comment: Using GnuPG with undefined - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlCnnJUACgkQfUcTXFrypNXX1gCdFraK5gg9vcP9mC+Tb0E/1pcI SlEAoIewELFoXdVcJX1VH59M4q95vRUR =adkk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
