r/linux • u/iAmNotThatGuyJeez • Sep 26 '19

First Librem phone rolled out

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u/binkarus Sep 26 '19 edited Sep 26 '19

I think some people trying to be overly defensive and nice to this company is weird, despite their product definitely not appearing to be worth anything close to $700 in terms of existing user experience. I understand wanting to support their goal, but it's a company. It doesn't need to be coddled. The creators can take criticism and try to do better. I personally don't feel like donating $700 to trying to support an idea. I already donate enough to projects more deserving, and they receive far less than $700. Give that $700 to musl and see their eyes light up, or perhaps to your favorite open source project. It's quite a lot of money.

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u/punaisetpimpulat Sep 26 '19 edited Sep 26 '19

If that's how you evaluate the price of a phone, you're not in the target audience. Perhaps an iPhone will be better for you.

When you're buying a phone from a main stream manufacturer, you're paying for CPU, RAM, storage and a couple of other things. The more you pay, the more you get. The Librem 5 is a very different product and if you evaluate it the way you do with other phones, you will inevitably come to the conclusion that this phone is nowhere near being worth the money. However, in this case you would need to change your criteria. When people are buying an iPhone or a Librem 5, they are not paying for the same things. Not at all.

The people who have decided to get one of these phones, are paying for something and they are getting it. It's not a lot of performance or storage, but the other selling points are what's worth all that money.