• Feddinat0r@feddit.org
    47·
    7 months ago

    Your purchase includes a 12-month Sailfish OS full license subscription valued at €59.88 (€4.99/month), granting access to all releases, commercial components, and feature upgrades. After the first year, you can choose to continue your subscription and support Sailfish OS development further. Even without renewal, your device will continue to function, but future software updates and commercial component upgrades will not be available.

    • Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      282·
      7 months ago

      I’m honestly fine with that, if people don’t like it they can use Nemo OS, Ubuntu Touch and Postmarket OS instead.

      • Feddinat0r@feddit.org
        101·
        7 months ago

        Well i am undecided but i find it fair.

        Just thought it would be nice to know that if you see that company

      • Babalugats@feddit.uk
        6·
        7 months ago

        Saw that, I guess you can switch to Ubuntu touch, postmarket OS or a couple of others, but this is the single reason I didn’t just buy it right now.

        I would also like to know what the camera is like on it, but having to pay for an OS subscription every year is just nope for me.

    • Björn@swg-empire.de
      7·
      7 months ago

      They’re literally making the same mistake Nokia made with Maemo. It’s the same people after all.

      But I guess it’s at least working out financially because they’ve been around for a while now.

  • endoftheocean@piefed.socialEnglish
    21·
    7 months ago

    If this had the proper US bands I’d really like to try it. Sailfish (previously Meego) is such a sublime interface. The ability to add a few Android apps that you still need is just the cherry on top.

  • Cyberwolf@feddit.org
    91·
    7 months ago

    That’s cool. Unfortunately Linux phones, including Sailfish, aren’t really fit for daily use yet, imo.

    Also, the choice to use Sony phones confuses me. I cannot think of a worse design choice for a phone.

    They aren’t particularly secure, or particularly well built, I just don’t see a reason to base the OS on them.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.ca
      13·
      7 months ago

      Unfortunately Linux phones, including Sailfish, aren’t really fit for daily use yet, imo.

      Consider this:

      “Jolla’s AppSupport enables embedded Linux platforms to run Android apps seamlessly.” (SOURCE)

    • hietsu@sopuli.xyz
      7·
      7 months ago

      ”Yet” ??

      I had the OG Jolla as my daily driver circa iPhone 4 era, and it was great experience overall. Running Android apps and whatnot. Eventually the camera and display quality made me stop using it. Still boot it maybe once a year for the fun of it… I think the Sailfish OS did even receive updates till ~2021.

          • Cyberwolf@feddit.org
            1·
            7 months ago

            So, again, not fit for use yet. Sadly. GrapheneOS works pretty well for now.

            Let’s see what happens with the latest developments where Google took some code closed-source.

    • Björn@swg-empire.de
      2·
      7 months ago

      I guess they can be happy to have any manufacturer working with them. Sony is better than no partner.

  • devfuuu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 months ago

    Really miss the Jolla OS. As the first smartphone I used, after it when I got an android it felt like going back in many ways. But at least I didnt have to care anymore about android support and how bad it sometimes was. Have no idea how the OS is nowadays.