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Purism

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 08:44:09 -0800 from ActivityPub

We are often asked, why does the Librem 5 cost that much? Because we are "Breaking Ground" https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/ https://youtu.be/IQIxr5qcasQ

When you order a #Librem5 you get a #Linux desktop in your pocket and support an #EthicalTech future where our #privacy and data aren't exploited by #BiGTech for profit https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ #security

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cursed robot gf

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 08:48:29 -0800 from ActivityPub

@purism how come pinephone is so much cheaper?

jemek

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 09:14:53 -0800 from ActivityPub

@purism your ex-CTO Zlatan Todoric claimed that your products are so expensive because you're not so familiar with making business but you are very good visioners.ðŸ¤˜
(...) That said, the Librems are heavily overpriced but that is because Purism seemingly never tried to get better deal and the South San Francisco partner abused this so that is why Purism Librems are double the price they should be(...)"
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Zlatan-Todoric-Interview

#librem5 #purism #overpriced #privacy #security

Mircea Kitsune

Sat, 30 Nov 2019 10:56:48 -0800 from ActivityPub

@purism Sadly this doesn't get many of us closer to being able to afford one. I've always wanted to buy a #Librem but because of the price, I'll have to settle for a newer #Android phone again for the coming years.

Dominik

Sun, 01 Dec 2019 14:35:44 -0800 from ActivityPub

@purism â¤ï¸ â¤ï¸ ðŸ’ª

WildEagle

Saleucami, Sun, 01 Dec 2019 16:40:04 -0800

It seems to me that purism is targeting the demographic that is Apple customers (willing to pay lots of $$$ for something that just simply works), unfortunately, they have a ways to go to satisfy this demographic. Pine64 (PinePhone, PineBook, etc) seems to be working towards the demographic of DIY and already linux users. Pine does not try to offer complete solutions, and offers their solutions for cheep. So far Pine is starting small and building from there, which gives them an edge that Purism does not have, but Purism is investing a lot to get that complete solution fast, and if Purism succeeds and doesn't go under, then they will probably get that complete solution and truely reach their targeted demographic.

Rob :fedora: :lineageos2:

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 11:37:03 -0800 from ActivityPub

@purism That's too expensive I gonna buy a @PINE64's Pine Phone.

lorabe

Tue, 03 Dec 2019 17:19:27 -0800 from ActivityPub

@purism yeah it's expensive, as developing software and firmware is hella expensive.

Pinephone doesn't aport much in terms of developing a platform, it's just hardware.

The librem 5 prices it's not only the phone but also the development costs.

Heather Downing Purcell

Tue, 10 Dec 2019 15:19:01 -0800 from ActivityPub

@purism if your tech was truly ethical it wouldn't be venture funded. If you truly care about freedom, don't make freedom expensive.