From: Greg Farough
- You can help others know which devices to avoid by documenting hardware you currently own in the H-Node database. Join a growing community of volunteers to help individuals choose hardware compatible with their freedom, even if they don't have RYF certification. + You can help others know which devices to avoid by documenting hardware you own that does or doesn't work with free software in the h-node database. Join a growing community of volunteers to help individuals choose hardware compatible with their freedom, even if they don't have Respects Your Freedom (RYF) certification.
Our advice: There's currently no cell phone on the market that's fully compatible with user freedom, given the presence of nonfree software in iOS and Android. There are promising projects like PINE64 and the Librem 5 that seek to run GNU/Linux on smartphone hardware, but even these aren't perfect. What makes matters worse is that all smartphones currently run a separate, nonfree OS commonly referred to as the "mobile baseband," which is responsible for most of the device's communications.
+Our advice: There's currently no cell phone on the market that's fully compatible with user freedom, given the presence of nonfree software in iOS and Android. There are promising projects like PinePhone and the Librem 5 that seek to run GNU/Linux on smartphone hardware, but even these aren't perfect. What makes matters worse is that all smartphones currently run a separate, nonfree OS commonly referred to as the "mobile baseband," which is responsible for most of the device's communications.
If you're at all able to, and if you find your hardware is compatible with it, we recommend pairing the Replicant distribution of Android with the F-Droid app repository. Replicant is the bottom line when it comes to mobile OSes that respect their user's freedom, and is a project fiscally sponsored by the FSF.
Netflix is continuing its disturbing trend of making onerous DRM the norm for streaming media. That's why they're a target for last year's International Day Against DRM (IDAD).
-They're also leveraging their newfound place in the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to advocate for tighter restrictions on users, and drove the effort to embed DRM into the fabric of the Web.
+Netflix is continuing its disturbing trend of making onerous DRM the norm for streaming media. That's why they were a target for last year's International Day Against DRM (IDAD).
+They're also leveraging their place in the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to advocate for tighter restrictions on users, and drove the effort to embed DRM into the fabric of the Web.
- The FSF's long-running H-Node project has recently seen an uptick in activity, and we need your help to document how well free software runs on common devices. + The FSF's long-running h-node project has recently seen an uptick in activity, and we need your help to document how well free software runs on common devices.
- By registering an account on H-Node and filling out listings for your hardware, you can help newcomers to the free software movement select hardware that will make thir transiton as easy as possible. + By registering an account on h-node and filling out listings for your hardware, you can help newcomers to the free software movement select hardware that will make thir transition as easy as possible.
The Nintendo Switch is a popular holiday gift, but few realize that Nintendo has utter control over the platform and offers little insight into how it really works -- or how it might be spying on you and your family. Not much has changed since our advice to brick them before they bricked the Nintendo DS.
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