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by fsflover 41 days ago
This is misleading. The blobs are only in the firmware, not in the OS, not in the bootloader, not running on the CPU.

Having a technical possibility to lock down GNU/Linux phones in principle in undefined future by undefined entity that doesn't even produce them yet is a FUD argument.

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Not true, current GNU/Linux have OS-level blobs
PureOS running on my phone is endorsed by the FSF, i.e., has no blobs whatsoever: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25504641