wizard69, I agree completely with all that. We are in a very poor state of affairs. But given no other alternative, something is going to have to be produced. Unless the FOSS world just gives up and puts its mind to growing potatoes.
That said, fabricating something we see as modern today will be extremely hard but going all the way back to basic (which my first post was about) and fabricating something akin to the Apple II era hardware, is a lot more realistic. And if nothing else is available for the FOSS community, I can absolutely guarantee we will all be using it. Perhaps as a hobby at first but given time (20-30 years?), it will enter the industry as a whole. But once it does... I believe that will spell the end for anything proprietary as far as software and hardware goes.
You can't just load it on. You need to request a device specific provisioning profile. So you need access to their servers, internet, DRM and all that crooked stuff.
If they shut down their servers (or for that specific version of your device)... it is effectively bricked. An ancient ATI Rage 128 that is working, is far more useful than a bricked iPhone, no matter which way you look at it.
That said, fabricating something we see as modern today will be extremely hard but going all the way back to basic (which my first post was about) and fabricating something akin to the Apple II era hardware, is a lot more realistic. And if nothing else is available for the FOSS community, I can absolutely guarantee we will all be using it. Perhaps as a hobby at first but given time (20-30 years?), it will enter the industry as a whole. But once it does... I believe that will spell the end for anything proprietary as far as software and hardware goes.
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If they shut down their servers (or for that specific version of your device)... it is effectively bricked. An ancient ATI Rage 128 that is working, is far more useful than a bricked iPhone, no matter which way you look at it.
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