I’ve preordered it back in … jeez, 2017? What makes the Librem5 a major improvement (imo, of course) in comparison to Android or iOS is that it is actually free software and hackable. Those security features (someone called it security-LARPing recently–I think that fits here) always felt like they are to generate more press around it, and looking at how it was covered in the relevant media, it worked.
I’ve preordered it back in … jeez, 2017? What makes the Librem5 a major improvement (imo, of course) in comparison to Android or iOS is that it is actually free software and hackable. Those security features (someone called it security-LARPing recently–I think that fits here) always felt like they are to generate more press around it, and looking at how it was covered in the relevant media, it worked.
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