Hey guys, more of a lurker than a poster, but I wanted to hear some thoughts on the Librem 5, if anyone has been following it. For those that don’t know, the Librem 5 is a cell phone by the company Purism, based of off a Linux OS. (No android or Apple)
The phone has been in development for several years and reviews of earlier model beta phone show it to be really rough around the edges. It’s also very high priced for what your getting. ($800, or $2,000 for U.S manufactured) App support is also very limited (obviously)
I wouldn’t even be looking at a phone like this if it weren’t for my current disgust with big tech and their increasingly worse attacks on free speech. Purism last approach is based on privacy and freedom of use. They claim not to track or sell your data, have manual kill switches for gps, camera, and internet, and have removable battery/WiFi/modem.
I’m probably crazy for wanting to spend a bunch of money on a subpar phone, but I also like the idea of getting away from Apple/Google and support a company that actually cares about privacy/freedom.
is anyone else following this company and/or have any insight into if this would be a good investment or not?
https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/
The phone has been in development for several years and reviews of earlier model beta phone show it to be really rough around the edges. It’s also very high priced for what your getting. ($800, or $2,000 for U.S manufactured) App support is also very limited (obviously)
I wouldn’t even be looking at a phone like this if it weren’t for my current disgust with big tech and their increasingly worse attacks on free speech. Purism last approach is based on privacy and freedom of use. They claim not to track or sell your data, have manual kill switches for gps, camera, and internet, and have removable battery/WiFi/modem.
I’m probably crazy for wanting to spend a bunch of money on a subpar phone, but I also like the idea of getting away from Apple/Google and support a company that actually cares about privacy/freedom.
is anyone else following this company and/or have any insight into if this would be a good investment or not?
https://shop.puri.sm/shop/librem-5/