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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Also the Phone must be at or under 200$ no matter the build quality. I get it, linux users are likely to be cushy financially well off opsec nerds will pay out the wazoo for hardkill switches which I guess is your bread and butter whales to target in this market. Please release something economical for us plebs it can be like a walmart tracphone for all I care.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    PinePhone is $200. But the manufacturer offloaded all development onto the community.

    Librem actually pays some developers, but their phones are $700+. And you will find many complaints about refunds.

    Cheap prices are possible by economies of scale by manufacturers, but same manufacturers guard their proprietary hardware.

    Also, how "pleb" are we talking about? Many people DGAF and just want their calls/text/apps to work.

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