Honestly, the desire to take a pinephone does not derive from a real need, just to call and text would suit me any type of phone. But I like the idea of being the owner of what I have in my hands, of being able to decide what to do with it, having to surpass only the limits of my knowledge and not the limits imposed by manufacturer as an obstacle to the normal development of our self-determination.
For example, I felt much more "my" android device when I finally could install termux that gave me the illusion of having a more open system.
I've always imagined the user experience of tablets long before apple made them famous, my interface was very similar to that of ubuntu touch well before a hypothesis was made.
Constructively speaking I consider that type of structure better than that of a common computer even though miniaturization has never allowed the same moddability, I think we need standards of form to make everything more compatible and I like the idea of being able to repair things that break.
I don't like it when the software is not developed enough or is deliberately limited not to support the possibilities of the hardware can do and I consider the computing power of current PCs more than enough for most of the things we might want to do, so it also bothers me the race to the last component with the highest performance.
And since the pinephone for me is a pc with more sensors, actuators and features than a normal pc, for me it means to finally have the pc I dreamed of ≈15 years ago.
I think that none of this is possible without an active and enthusiastic community and therefore I hope that this forum like the other meeting points will become a reference for all those who own a pinephone now and maybe tomorrow for all those who own this type of free device not defective by design.
For example, I felt much more "my" android device when I finally could install termux that gave me the illusion of having a more open system.
I've always imagined the user experience of tablets long before apple made them famous, my interface was very similar to that of ubuntu touch well before a hypothesis was made.
Constructively speaking I consider that type of structure better than that of a common computer even though miniaturization has never allowed the same moddability, I think we need standards of form to make everything more compatible and I like the idea of being able to repair things that break.
I don't like it when the software is not developed enough or is deliberately limited not to support the possibilities of the hardware can do and I consider the computing power of current PCs more than enough for most of the things we might want to do, so it also bothers me the race to the last component with the highest performance.
And since the pinephone for me is a pc with more sensors, actuators and features than a normal pc, for me it means to finally have the pc I dreamed of ≈15 years ago.
I think that none of this is possible without an active and enthusiastic community and therefore I hope that this forum like the other meeting points will become a reference for all those who own a pinephone now and maybe tomorrow for all those who own this type of free device not defective by design.