One could do just like everyone else and buy the specs from OEMs, instead of trying to reverse engineer.

Yes it won't be pure religious FOSS with 100% open, so what.

Also this is the future for laptops as well, for those that keep repeating the mantra of ARM/RISC-V replacing x86/x64 architectures.

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apatheticonion 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you get that on the Apple App Store?

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pjmlp 3 hours ago | parent [-]

No, and why should I?

Apple doesn't sell Linux powered devices, nor do I want that from them.

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apatheticonion 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> nor do I want that from them.

This perspective I can't wrap my head around. Like I get that you wouldn't use it, and that's fine - but if Linux was available and we made it incredible, that would push Apple (and Google) to do better. So you'd get a better MacOS / iOS by proxy.

Like, don't we want competition? What motivates people to desire an unchallenged status quo?

	▲	pjmlp 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Those that want to sell Linux powered phones should make their own stores, and folks like yourself should support them, when they do open such stores.