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by karma_pharmer 798 days ago
^ totally oblivious that he is trapped in the Broadcom Pi walled garden.
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WillAdams 797 days 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.

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karma_pharmer 797 days 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.

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WillAdams 796 days 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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