I wanted a linux phone since Canonical tried with the ubuntu phone. I’m glad Purism exists and I completely support their philosophy as a social purpose company. Privacy is important and we and our information should not be sold as a product. I want the freedom to customize my device to my liking and not be beholden to the large tech companies. I’m done with Google. Don’t be evil right? I’m majorly disappointed that my favorite game studio partnered with them, but I can understand what their reasons might be and hope they offer other alternatives to play BG3. I think they said they won’t be exclusive. As more and more companies are turning to that model of offering their products exclusively through their devices or “stores”.
The first android phone wasn’t something spectacular, but it was new and exciting. The Librem 5 may not have the best everything to be the end all for most people, but I want to believe over time it will get better. Truly better. Not just a money grab a year later selling a $1000 phone that barely does anything better than the previous year’s model. Hopefully with the support of the open source community, the planned updates after launch will help it become an awesome phone. I’m grateful to that community. Because they can do things I can’t and we can all benefit from.