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0 pointskarma_pharmer1y ago0 comments

^ totally oblivious that he is trapped in the Broadcom Pi walled garden.

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It would be nice to use some totally open firmware, but that's a big swing in terms of finance relative to the inexpensiveness of the rPi.

That said, I believe I can live with:

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/561/is-the-b...

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=340024

If someone would make a decent tablet with opensource underpinnings and Wacom EMR, I'd be glad to consider it.

karma_pharmerOP1y ago

Nevermind open firmware, just ask for an ecosystem that isn't completely controlled by one company named Broadcom.

Broadcom Pi.

It's called Broadcom Pi.

The fruit names are just a naked attempt at BigTech-laundering.

WillAdams1y ago

At least it's a company which will allow alternative OSs.

I'm still quite annoyed that I set aside and stopped using my Samsung Galaxy Book 12 because I couldn't figure out how to get it to boot something other than Windows.

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WillAdams1y ago

It would be nice to use some totally open firmware, but that's a big swing in terms of finance relative to the inexpensiveness of the rPi.

That said, I believe I can live with:

https://raspberrypi.stackexchange.com/questions/561/is-the-b...

https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=340024

If someone would make a decent tablet with opensource underpinnings and Wacom EMR, I'd be glad to consider it.

karma_pharmerOP1y ago

Nevermind open firmware, just ask for an ecosystem that isn't completely controlled by one company named Broadcom.

Broadcom Pi.

It's called Broadcom Pi.

The fruit names are just a naked attempt at BigTech-laundering.

WillAdams1y ago

At least it's a company which will allow alternative OSs.

I'm still quite annoyed that I set aside and stopped using my Samsung Galaxy Book 12 because I couldn't figure out how to get it to boot something other than Windows.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse