[Cialug] podcast downloaders

[Nathan Stien]

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 10:11 AM, <ewenix at raccoon.com> wrote:

>
> While you see some of that functionality
> available, I would say it's not mine in the Make magazine mindset.


Well said.  I'm sure many of us on the list share this mindset.  I want to
be able to change everything about the phone, not just write sandboxed
applets.

Linux kernel hacker Harald Welte recently discussed the G1 phone's lack of
true openness on his blog.
http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2008/12/09

> I still think it's extremely weird that you actually buy a device, and then
> don't own it. I would have no problem if the device is rented from the
> manufacturer or the mobile network operator. Sure, then in this rented
> device, only they control what kind of software you use. But this is not the
> case. People buy it, pay money, legally own the device but technically
> don't.
>
- Nathan
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