On Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 12:36:45 PM UTC+2, Emueval Randomised wrote: > An, > > Just because most Android devices don't come rooted it doesn't mean FirefoxOS > devices shouldn't either.
Correct. If you ask me, no device should be UNrooted, it's the business of the owner what he/she does with it. But to clarify, I was just enumerating the context. > > All Android 4.x devices, rooted or not, have basically all the functionality > and average user can ask for. Sure an upgrade to those devices would be nice > but ultimately they are pretty usable as they are so being "stuck" on say 4.2 > isn't really that big a deal. > > FirefoxOS however is totally different. New essential features are still > being added and without an ability to upgrade, even using unofficial > community builds if not official updates, people are left with devices > lacking basic features that a sub-$100 Android phone would offer out of the > box. This is a major issue. People need to be able to use their FirefoxOS > phones daily and not as a backup device. Correct. Firefox devices for "normal" people are a ripoff, even if they were say $10. Ex. not having a proximity sensor while the OS expects one for normal operation is unacceptable and so is not having a led light blinking when you miss a call or sms. > > Secondly, I feel it is important to let, even encourage, users to "play" with > their devices. Letting people get insight into the inner workings of their > phone builds a community which can provide unofficial upgrades even if OEMs > refuse. Well, this is the key point of my posts on this issue, while Mozilla encourages users to be creative (which is quite welcome) their partners play to a different music. Some partnership! And no one gives any explanation... > _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
