Sailfish 4

I'm very happy to see that Sailfish keeps shipping because more alternatives are always good. I tried to use it a while ago (Sailfish 3) but was driven off it because of the huge gap between the marketing and the actual reality. The claim that they are privacy and security focused was total bogus (and perhaps someone can comment if it still is). To use the phone features, a Jolla account is needed, so it will "ping home to Jolla"…

I used to own a Jolla phone, and there was something magical about it. At the time, their ideas and execution were a breath of fresh air, and the experience was amazing even despite some unavoidable teething problems. I happily used it as my daily driver for about 2 years, proudly showing it off to friends at every opportunity, and not wanting to switch to another phone. Now, as such things go, many of the unique ideas dreamt up by…

As other are saying, it's not open source. Ultimately, this means you're not in control. I can tolerate having some binary blobs, since it seems unavoidable in the current mobile landscape. But why would I go with Sailfish OS instead of Android? Why are "partners" the ones that get the "freedom to customize"? That's a big fuck you to users. Furthermore, the parent company Jolla, did a horrible job with their tablet fundraiser and subsequent crash. This bred a lot…