The project, developed in partnership with veteran free software developer Rob Savoye, aims to create a fully free and open mobile platform, from the firmware to the operating system.

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    I salute the early adopters who will suffer all the inconveniences of startups so the wider public can enjoy a non-corporate phone in the future. o7

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      I’m looking forward to get one of these just to play around with it, and maybe making some custom stuff for it.

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      19 hours ago

      Unless they can get this working with Android Auto or Carplay I don;t see it going anywhere.

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        Nah many people don’t live in their cars. I have 2 cars and never use Android Auto even when I could. I’m usually busy with driving instead of fooling with phone bullshit when I’m in the car anyway.

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          I’d still want an Android Auto and Apple Carplay equivalent.

          I want my 2030 car to still be able to get the latest and greatest hardware and software in 2040 via me upgrading my phone.

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        The project just launched and is a software-first project. We won’t see a Libre Phone available for a while yet.

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          19 hours ago

          And if Hurd is any indication I wouldn’t hold my breath.