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The pentagram at the bottom left of the video is an instant deal-breaker for millions of regular folks... being aware of social sensitivities is a big part of being successful for projects that aim for broad adoption.
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I can't see it working unless they support WhatsApp and friends. No network effect means it will die. Unfortunately.
What's "and friends" here? Not everywhere WhatsApp is unavoidably strong, and many competitors can be used on "weird" devices like this.
The executable is still there to download, it barely works though.
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You just buy a SIM. Nothing special about it.
and do you have to pay for service from a cell phone company for the voice calls?
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The Librem 5 isn't designed for people who use WhatsApp. Signal and some other actually private messengers should work as they already have official Linux clients. That said I currently don't plan on buying it, simply because right now I'm not heavily relying on the phone. It is however the first phone released in the last ~5 years that I'd call interesting and unique.
In many regions, using WhatsApp is not really a choice.
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He is on mobile ^
Since this is an article about an Android phone, I realise giving an iOS solution for this may not be that helpful. For anyone using iOS, the Apple Shortcuts app has an action "Get Contents of URL". You can use this to make a shortcut to save the contents of any URL similar to using wget. I often find this useful, and highly recommend the Shortcuts app in general. It's not perfect, but helps add missing functionality…
It is not an Android phone. It is built on top of PureOS: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
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I can't see it working unless they support WhatsApp and friends. No network effect means it will die. Unfortunately.
The Librem 5 isn't designed for people who use WhatsApp. Signal and some other actually private messengers should work as they already have official Linux clients. That said I currently don't plan on buying it, simply because right now I'm not heavily relying on the phone. It is however the first phone released in the last ~5 years that I'd call interesting and unique.
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and do you have to pay for service from a cell phone company for the voice calls?
yes, pre-paid or plan. prepaid = go to quick-e-mart and by recharge/credit when needed. plan = set up payment details through web portal or over the phone.
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The Librem 5 isn't designed for people who use WhatsApp. Signal and some other actually private messengers should work as they already have official Linux clients. That said I currently don't plan on buying it, simply because right now I'm not heavily relying on the phone. It is however the first phone released in the last ~5 years that I'd call interesting and unique.
Quite right, but they still need enough buyers to stay in business, which looking how things in FOSS hardware and software business go, that isn't a guarantee.
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>in no way is an upright pentagram 'Satanic'. Broadly speaking, though I think it does depend on context. For instance, if practicing Satanists have attached a sacrificial victim to an upright pentagram, in order to worship Satan, then even if there may be a symbolic error on their part, that particular upright pentagram could safely be called Satanic and Satan would probably overlook the oversight.
But...Satanists don't worship Satan. The Church of Satan doesn’t believe in the devil. It doesn’t even recognise ‘Satan’ as a physical or spiritual being. As far as the Church is concerned, there is no such thing as heaven or hell. And human sacrifice? Like, that kind of thing might happen in the Highest Orders of the Left-Hand Path, the Skull and Bones-type societies George W. Bush was a part of - so conspirators cl…
