The Finns, as always, continue to develop mobile phones, Jolla is back from the dead and supposedly starts shipping sometime in 2026 with a new iteration on the hardware and the OS, time will tell if it'll have any impact.

Might not be 100% Europe-made from the get go, but good ideas and executions often start with small steps and iterate rather than having something groundbreaking out of the gate.

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WhyNotHugo 2 hours ago | parent [-]

I'm not convinced that replacing one proprietary OS with another is the solution.

That said, I won't deny that Jolla is much more trustworthy than Google or Apple.

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embedding-shape 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I'm not convinced that replacing one proprietary OS with another is the solution.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, as I'm not super familiar with Jolla's/Sailfish's architecture, but isn't most of the OS actually FOSS, while there is a thin proprietary compatibility layer, and that's about it? Was some months ago I last read about it so could be misremembering, but seems like a good first step at the very least.

	▲	microtonal an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I think it is a lot more, as far as I understand, most of the UI is proprietary: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-os-clarifying-claims... https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-os-clarifying-claims...

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fsloth an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

> I'm not convinced that replacing one proprietary OS with another is the solution.

Consumer don't care if the OS is proprietary, as long as it works and there is a responsible party they can trust to serve them the offering.