BaldDude

I always wondered how they stay afloat with their business model (50 €/$ upfront for lifelong updates ).
Now it looks like they can’t :(

I dislike subscriptions as much as the next guy, but for jolla it seems like a good and honest business model. They don’t have an income stream via App store fees and they won’t sell your data. Keeping the regular security and updates coming constantly burns money that needs to come from somewhere.

I would be happier if I could just purchase update packages for an entire year.

Edit:

The comments under article link to the Q&A, looks like I was to pessimistic:

Copy&pasted for your convenience:

Q: Are you considering keeping one-time-fee (perpetual) Sailfish license available?
A: Yes, we are and also based on the feedback it looks that we keep the option for a Sailfish OS (perpetual) license with fixed fee available for all supported device models. This will be offered next to the subscription model.

Q: I get the point you want to charge a subscription but would rather pay it yearly, will that be possible?
A: Yes, it will be.

Q: Will Sailfish OS and AppSupport continue working if I end my subscription?
A: Yes, we won’t be blocking the use. However, you would not receive releases, upgrades and new features.

Q: Will the Free Trial version continue? Also for newer device models?
A: Yes, we’re committed to continue offering the Free Trial license. Next additions to the Free Trial versions will be for Sony Xperia 10 IV and 10 V.

Q: What’s the plan with Sony Xperia XA2, 10, 10 II and 10 III?
A: They continue working as long as it’s technically feasible to support them. Hopefully we support them still years, like we’re used to, but eventually also those will deserve a retirement plan.

Q: Does this affect someone who already has a phone and a license? Do I need to pay subscription in the new Jolla Community Phone/C2?
A: The subscription model does not affect to one-time-fee (perpetual) licenses. The Jolla Community Phone comes with 12 months subscription included, after (and during) which you can freely choose whether to continue with the subscription model or pay a one-time-fee (perpetual) license.

Q: Accessories, screen protectors, cases?
A: Yes, we also like and need these indeed! Thanks to our partnership with Reeder this is now very feasible and relevant accessories will be added to the shop in due course - stay tuned!)

They also have a printable spool with a place for the nametag stickers and a filament gauge, they look kinda neat: https://recyclingfabrik.com/shop/multispool-digitaler-download/

Depending on your tolerance for frustration you can daily a phone running SailfishX. But the reality of it, at least for me, is that you will be running mostly Android apps using the Android emulator.

The emulator and the relatively easy access to Android apps makes it the most promising for me.

Yes!

Yes, they should have been wiped. (and then they should have been fed into a blender if i had my way.) :)

Please do not sell used enterprise hard drives, especially if you got them from your employer. This is how those emberrasing company secrets get leaked and we can't have that can we? :)

No one lives under the lighthouse

Horror on a tiny deserted island with PS1 look&feel:

Steam

Wiki

I’ll have to say Cloud Punk.

A small indie game about a girl starting her courier job in a cyberpunk future.

• The game-play is okayish
• The graphics try to emulate a voxel look and are functional at best.
• The Sound design, music and the full synchronisation make this game exceptional!

The story captured me and together with the audio and visual style kept me playing way into the small hours.

I never really understood that:

If I'm using my browser to do banking via the website, Having root privileges and tampering with the Browser running the applications is not an issue.

If i use the banking app, Having root privileges suddenly become a problem.

--> To me, it doesn't look like the problem is technical, but that users are accepting things on mobile that they wouldn't accept on a PC.

Honourable mention for Sailfish OS

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailfish_OS

The commercial version comes with an android emulator.

It's not recommended for non-technical people, it sometimes crashes, it has random bugs that will drive you insane, and currently the weather app can't connect to the service that provides the weather data.

But:

The people making it are not seeing you as the product and you will be free of all the bullshit.

..... and i love it :)

Good! Let's keep it that way

Ich bin letztens hier drüber gestolpert, kann aber nichts näheres dazu sagen, außer dass es existiert.

https://de.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite

(Linux-Tablet, eines Linux-NB-Herstellers )

Falls es Jemand schon mal testen konnte, würde ich mich über ein Review freuen.

Moment mal, Firefox bringt tatsächlich ein Feature, das ich haben will, statt der elften UI-Änderung für Hipster?

Wirklich? Was für ein großartiger Tag um lesen zu können!