Are smartphones any good? (was Re: Oneplus One support)

[Allan Mwenda]

But there is no nearby Sealand Embassy :(

On 10/2/14, Michael Spacefalcon <msokolov at ivan.harhan.org> wrote:
> Allan Mwenda <allanitomwesh at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Also,just wondering,if a truly free smartphone was
>> made,would it really be any good? To use like an ordinary phone that is?
>
> In my opinion, all smartphones suck, period.  A "truly free" smartphone
> would still suck for as long as it is "smart".  What I want instead is
> a dumbphone: a mobile device that has just enough "horsepower" to make
> and receive phone calls on a standard GSM network, and not one iota
> more.  But I want this dumbphone to have free firmware, and dumbphones
> have no separate app vs. baseband processors, thus the whole thing
> would have to be 100% free in order for any part of it to be free in
> any way.
>
> I'm working on building such a Free Dumb Phone, but it will probably
> be legal only in the Principality of Sealand and nowhere else. :-(
> Go to your nearest Sealand embassy or consulate and ask for an
> immigrant/refugee visa, and cite your country's repressive laws as the
> reason you are seeking refuge.
>
> Viva la Revolucion,
> SF
>