Comment by attah
Let's just fight their ham-fisted fear with reason and good arguments. And I do think, for example, a decent set of consumer rights laws is good, and the only chance we in the smaller countries would...
View ArticleComment by fooza
I understand your reasoning and I think you assume that there can be good laws (from a consumer perspective) coming from the EU. But experiencing EU legislation in recent years or decades convinced me...
View ArticleAnswer by attah for EU wants to make custom ROM illegal
Honestly, I don't get why this has everyone so worked up... Yes, modem firmware might get more locked down, i.e. signed, but it's not like it is anywhere near open now anyway. As I understand it that's...
View ArticleAnswer by Marti Masa K for EU wants to make custom ROM illegal
Here you can vote against this - or at least vote for politicians who do not support acticle 13: https://pledge2019.eu/ BTW, this was also shared today by Edward Snowden on Twitter. Furtheremore, I...
View ArticleAnswer by cemoi71 for EU wants to make custom ROM illegal
> (i) | radio equipment supports> certain features in order to ensure> that software can only be loaded into> the radio equipment where the> compliance of the **combination** of the>...
View ArticleAnswer by tortoisedoc for EU wants to make custom ROM illegal
otoh, odms might consider selling devices with sfos preinstalled (finally) . plus, the bill mentions that software which has not been certified should not be installed, so not any software a prioris....
View ArticleComment by martin.st
As mentioned before: This is off topic. Maybe create a new one? But to answer the question: Meh. If its really solid, maybe. But those things tend to be just made from the cheapest parts, still heavier...
View ArticleComment by jsommer
@martin.at What would you think about a smartphone, that is rugged and small? https://www.gizmochina.com/2018/11/14/unihertz-atom-review-the-million-dollar-tiny-rugged-phone/
View ArticleComment by Marti Masa K
Guys, you are talking completly off the topic...still this is nice to hear and I'm certainly interested as well! Any mobile device with pre-installed SFOS is welcome!!! Just as a Christmas-present I...
View ArticleComment by martin.st
@jsommer: Just to add another voice: I'm not at all in that generation, but I would love to have a feature phone with SFOS. If its robust (drop- and dust-resistent), has a long battery life, is small...
View ArticleComment by jsommer
@zlutor. I understand. Thanks for this explanation. We are working on a simplified user interface and have this generation in our focus group as well as other generations. I’m very curious about the...
View ArticleComment by zlutor
@jsommer: not instead of, beside a.smartphone. as.secondary device, or one as replacement for my elder parents. they need a simple device, they are not that thinggy-kind, you know... they need a device...
View ArticleComment by jsommer
@zlutor Yes, these phones are a good benchmark. We haven’t thought about feature phones, yet, but we have further non-smartphone devices based on SFOS on our roadmap. Are you interested in feature...
View ArticleComment by Venty
This would affect projects like OpenWRT and mostr notably [Freifunk](http://www.ff3l.ch/) in Germany as well. However, I have not yet heard that there would be any issue with EU regulations.
View ArticleComment by zlutor
@jsommer; if that 'midprice' covers something midrange+ (Nokia6.1 or 7+ like) with good design, build quality and camera with SFOS, count me in... ;) especially if AMOLED is included... do you think...
View ArticleComment by sepuka
@jsommer Good luck to you and your company then. Any official Sailfish device for Europe will be more than welcome
View ArticleComment by jsommer
It’s a startup and the device is not on the market, yet. We will target a mid price consumer segment.
View ArticleAnswer by jsommer for EU wants to make custom ROM illegal
It looks indeed like a critical issue and the intention of the EU might be something else than the protection of the radio network. My company prepares a phone for Europe with an alternative to iOS and...
View ArticleComment by juiceme
Too bad the commenting period ended last monday so I could not give feedback. This initiative sounds like something that was proposed in the US some time ago, but I don't know if that legislation got...
View ArticleComment by Nieldk
@coderus - no, SFOS is not “officially supported “ by Sony. Sony have opened some of their devices, and released sources for those. It’s not the same thing. This, if comes to reality, may force Sony to...
View ArticleComment by Marti Masa K
In other words, we should all get a Radioamateur licence for EU so we wouldn't be illegal acting ;-) This just makes hacking more exciting!
View ArticleEU wants to make custom ROM illegal
According to [this article](https://blog.mehl.mx/2019/protect-freedom-on-radio-devices-raise-your-voice-today/), EU wants to make impossible to use custom OS which has not been certified by the...
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