It is time to get the government to recognise mobile phones as being full fledged computers and which require the same consumer protections. Just because you are carrying it around all the time doesn't make it any less a computer.

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CharlesW 2 days ago | parent [-]

> It is time to get the government to recognise mobile phones as being full fledged computers…

Mobile phones are not, and have never been, general-purpose computers. If you think they're locked down now, you'd be completely astounded to learn what the industry was like pre-iPhone/pre-App Store.

	▲	pkphilip 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		What is a "general purpose" computer? who decides what is "general" or not? what can you not do in a mobile phone which you cannot do on a regular desktop / laptop computer? If anything, a mobile phone has MORE capabilities - such as GPS, the gyro etc. So it is a superset of features of a "general" computer like a desktop or a laptop and not a subset of features making it a "non-general" limited computer.
	▲	homebrewer a day ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I was hacking on firmware for the couple Sony Ericssons I had, replacing major system components like sound drivers with no problems. Installing third-party applications without first asking for permission from your master was normal and expected. They were about as open as current Android is, and probably more so than Android in another five years.
	▲	fsflover 13 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Openmoko, Nokia N900, Pinephone, Librem 5 enter the chat.