They even have a guide on how to combine it with a Jitsi conference.
Like @Seven.of.nine already said, I’m puzzled on the recurring use of (US-based) big tech software by Jolla. Earlier their communiques were made using Word. This presentation was PowerPoint. They (tried to) stream on youtube, and when that didn’t work, switched to Zoom.
All very pragmatic, but this community clearly has some ideals, which again and again seem to be not understood by Jolla.
They seem to be a bit surprised on the question on official support for the Fairphones. Instead, they aimed for mid-range devices to keep costs down. Huh. while of course plenty of people do not have or wish to plunk down €800 or so for a phone, again, here I get the feeling that Jolla doesn’t really get their customers. (Talking about regular consumers, not their business customers, which as told are by far the most important sources of income)
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Thanks for the link!
I was ready to listen during the initial problems, then I had to move and listened to the stream as I could, without earpods, so I lost something here and there.
Newcomer here, waiting for my Jolla C2… saluting the community from Italy
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Will the open source tree (git.sailfishos.org?) accept additions of apps to be integrated into the user experience?
As an example… Could a GNSS navigation app be added?
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@Seven.of.nine, You are right questioning this. I did.t join because I am not techsavvy enough. Yet I am interested and it surprised me that Jolla was using Zoom. When having a family meeting we always use a Jitsi instance and it works perfect. If it works with large groups I don’t know There are more privacy friendly options,but they mostly require some payment. Possibly this is Jolla’s problem. I was equally surprised of Jolla using Shopify, a despicable data thief. This has nothing to do with ‘ideology’, it’s a matter of princple and consequently of trustworthyness.
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An official coöperation with Fairphone is a passed station I think. Fairphone now coöperates wit the e/foundation. It’s business and marketing. Yet there are more options. Volla 22 is a Gigaset that you can open yourself and change the battery. Everything fixed with screws, repairs possible. Not so fair as a Fairphone (which is 50% fair), but very mid range and modest and assembled in Germany. If there is a will…
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Imo the thing is /e/ is just another android, sailfish is a complete different thing. That’s why they choosed it instead of sailfish
They stated in the j1 times, that they would have loved to have sailfish but they need to be 100% sure they earn money and sailfish was too much of a gamble
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I know that the Waag in Amsterdam (thinktank and hub where the idea of Fairphone was born) was interested in Sailfish during the time of J1 and that there have been talks but I don’t remember an official post by Jolla about the result. ‘Money’ or a different business model or a licence issue, this seems plausible indeed.
Yes, e/OS is Android like all de-googled systems. Boring, not beautiful, but it works.
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Yes, I remember there was an initial effort for collaboration, but has not gone any further since Oct 2015.
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Would it be possible to have something like with the Xperias for the Fairphone? …at least as a first step in a possible future collaboration?
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The video is on peertube as well Jolla community meeting & live stream 2nd July from Tampere - @fps_gbg – PeerTube
And as per our agreement the contents is mirrored from YT, so please everybody just bookmark or subscribe to Jolla’s channel here: Jolla - @fps_gbg – PeerTube
I reply to every fediverse post with a post “and on #peertube [link]” but it might be easier for people to find if the peertube channel is put in the YT profile’s links section or simply double linking.
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