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Jolla's Sailfish OS is moving to a subscription model, new phone (and a privacy-focused AI device) coming soon - Liliputing (liliputing.com)

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[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 47 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Jolla says the phone will sell for €299 (including a 1-year subscription license for Sailfish OS)

Emphasis mine. Mate, just what are you doing? A subscription license of a mobile OS? Wat? They could be working together with Purism, Pine64, PostMarketOS and other software+hardware groups trying to make linux phones popular, but instead they are making some proprietary stuff in their corner. Is it really that difficult to work with other people or what's going on?

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[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They are trying to make money to stay afloat. Postmarketos is a community project so it's not comparable. And neither Purism nor Pine64 seem to be huge commercial successes just like Jolla, though they seem to be doing a bit better.

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 1 points 4 months ago

If they need a subscription model for the OS, then maybe it shouldn't stay afloat. Clearly there's no money in this.

[–] onlinepersona@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

I have no problem with them making money, far from it. My problem is with how. If their OS didn't require a friggin subscription service, I'd buy their phone. What happens when I don't pay for the next payment cycle? My phone gets shut off? The OS stops working? I'm only limited to making phone calls? Fuck that.

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