> it's still orders of magnitude more open than any of
> the other mobile OS available on the market.
Symbian? OpenMoko? The upcoming SailfishOS, Tizen, Firefox OS, and Ubuntu phone? Oh, you meant in the U.S., I guess. (Yes, I know that all the above have either already largely failed or have sketchy futures. That's an entirely different kettle of fish.)
> Open source fanatics are impossible to satisfy
All I want is the ability to make arbitrary changes to the software running on my phone. Why is that so hard?
Symbian? OpenMoko? The upcoming SailfishOS, Tizen, Firefox OS, and Ubuntu phone? Oh, you meant in the U.S., I guess. (Yes, I know that all the above have either already largely failed or have sketchy futures. That's an entirely different kettle of fish.)
> Open source fanatics are impossible to satisfy
All I want is the ability to make arbitrary changes to the software running on my phone. Why is that so hard?