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▲ fsflover 4 hours ago

It will matter for yourself and for the companies that support user freedom. Sent from my Librem 5.

▲slowin 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Right up until you send someone with an iPhone a text message or email someone with a Gmail account...

▲jamesnorden an hour ago | parent [-]

What happens then?

▲kulahan 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It doesn’t actually matter, because your phone is only working as a coincidence. Every website and app is tested for Google phones and iPhones. If you lose the ability to do something one day, the chances of you getting that functionality back without major effort from your phone manufacturer or the kindness of bored people working for free, is essentially zero.

▲fsflover 3 hours ago | parent [-]

My phone runs a desktop GNU/Linux OS with desktop Firefox (or Chromium if installed). If Firefox on desktop stops showing websites correctly, we will have a larger problem than an unsupported niche phone.

▲kulahan 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Then you’re not using a phone. You’re using a computer which happens to have phone capabilities. Surely you can see how this isn’t particularly useful for most people?