they’re latching on to the “go euro” trend, hoping this will send some wind in their sails. it won’t.
they need to fully opensource the thing and invest in supporting the tinkerers and the enthusiasts. what they got now with only some experia models and paying for licences and whatnot couldn’t be more of a deterrent. I can assure you, you’re not losing paying customers with giving the OS away, every tinkerer is gonna bring you at least 20 paying customers.
the only way you’re gonna sell those things is by having a wide and knowledgable user base that will work as your sales people. ubuntu has been at this for, what, three decades and is still lightyears away from being a household name. jolla’s gonna need fucking eons with this spiel.
when those early adopters iron out the bugs and port shit over, then the normies will come calling and then they’ll go how can I get this without the tinkering and flashing and touching someone’s used yucky phone, and then jolla can go here you go, give us bricks of cash.
the idea that we’re gonna shell out 10x the price of a postmarketOS-capable handset to beta-test the thing, I mean sure that’s possible; it’s just not very likely.
they’re latching on to the “go euro” trend, hoping this will send some wind in their sails. it won’t.
they need to fully opensource the thing and invest in supporting the tinkerers and the enthusiasts. what they got now with only some experia models and paying for licences and whatnot couldn’t be more of a deterrent. I can assure you, you’re not losing paying customers with giving the OS away, every tinkerer is gonna bring you at least 20 paying customers.
the only way you’re gonna sell those things is by having a wide and knowledgable user base that will work as your sales people. ubuntu has been at this for, what, three decades and is still lightyears away from being a household name. jolla’s gonna need fucking eons with this spiel.
when those early adopters iron out the bugs and port shit over, then the normies will come calling and then they’ll go how can I get this without the tinkering and flashing and touching someone’s used yucky phone, and then jolla can go here you go, give us bricks of cash.
the idea that we’re gonna shell out 10x the price of a postmarketOS-capable handset to beta-test the thing, I mean sure that’s possible; it’s just not very likely.