Comment by Aachen
9 days ago
That's like saying Tulip blocked the installation of Vista because they didn't install enough RAM to run it
The OS makers don't have to go out of their way to support a device they don't want to (that's the beauty of open source passion projects), but it's also not like any manufacturer (that allows bootloader unlocking or ships an unlocked bootloader) is blocking GrapheneOS or anyone else from doing it, which the quote implies in my reading (maybe other people read it differently)
> That's like saying Tulip blocked
I agree, but you are the one who talked about "blocking". I did not :-).
You called it a problem coming from the manufacturers. That implies they actively thwart it (woa, another new word! It's crazy how language works). But they don't actually have a problem with it; some of them are actively publishing the info needed for alternative OSes to work on their hardware and GrapheneOS needs only take it if they want to, but they don't. Who has a problem with whom here?
Again, not saying GrapheneOS is doing something wrong. Nobody's under an obligation. Just that, if someone wants to argue that one party is making a problem out of the situation, I don't find it fair to assign that label to every manufacturer on the planet besides google
Would it work if I said "the ball is in the manufacturers' court"? Or would you complain that we're not talking about tennis?
Did you genuinely not understand my point, or are you just usually annoying and condescending with language?
> thwart it (woa, another new word! It's crazy how language works)
This is condescending.