[poisonborz]

That and the russian ties, the partially closed source OS, the locked bootloader, the $50 device reset fee, the cheap underpowered chinese chipset. The company was sold more than once between investment firms. Yet it presents itself like a happy independent open source collective.

[ttkari]

The firm with partly russian ownership went bankrupt a couple of years ago. The russian fork of the software lives on as AuroraOS in their local market but the current Jolla has no ties to russia.

[isodev]

> current Jolla has no ties to russia

That we know of. We live in interesting times. I wish they were more forward with how they've made it so they're protected against such interference.