That’s sad 😢

I heard that the antenna issue can be fixed manually, but it’s not an easy fix.

This is weird. I saw an announcement on Discord that they finished shipping all devices in November 2024.

Yes, this managed to ship all devices in November 2024.

You can run Droidian, which is galium-based (special Android compatibility layer to talk to hardware).

Running on mainline is also possible, but the support is not great. Here is the PMOS page.

Yeah, I heard that many units have antenna issue. Before buying I asked the seller to test it for me. My unit was unaffected by the issue.

Yeah, the situation with the company is not great.

Big thanks to the guy keeping lineage working on it!

There actually 4 maintainers for this device! It was a surprise for me. Usually it’s 1 guy.

I considered their Astra or Communicator, but they don’t support LineageOS, which is important to me.

True 😥 Did you broke yours?

Yeah…

I wish companies produce more phones like this.

Try looking at their unofficial Discord server. It’s usually cheaper then on eBay. But ask to test the antenna, some units have issues with that.

Same. But recently I managed to buy almost new for 300 EUR.

I only recently started using it, so maybe later I will make a post about it :)

I’ve always been a lurker, but I started being active on Fedi, and I like it!

Happy to see!

I wondering what caused such jump.

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There is also second part of this article (a response to BlueSky response): https://dustycloud.org/blog/re-re-bluesky-decentralization/

I wish we could have multiple photos in posts here. Yes, we can put other photos in the description, but it would be nice to view all of them without opening the post.

The rise of Bluesky demonstrates the importance of ease of use and a user-friendly design. Its polished and familiar interface is a key reason for its growth and appeal as an alternative to platforms like X/Twitter.

I think many people use Bluesky instead of Mastodon because of its UX, not its UI. Both looks great (I think Mastodon even nicer!).

I personally use Mastodon, but I’ve seen people complain about their experience with it.

People on Mastodon are quite vocal about BlueSky, so I doubt that many people switched. I think that BluSky gained its audience from Twitter users mostly.

I think people dislike the experience.

For example, on Mastodon your profile discoverability is disabled in settings by default. I guess it’s needed to optimize the hosting cost, but people also like being heard. Also people don’t know who to follow since there are no algorithms or starter packs right now. And if you have a post from another instance, you need a browser extension to open it on yours. That’s the complains I saw.

As a Mastodon user, I hope we solve them!

But if they want to train AI, can’t they already scrape Fediverse since it’s open to everyone?

I feel like we need to unite and make Mastodon a better place instead of making drama about it. Mastodon is not perfect, but it’s a platform over which we have control, unlike Bluesky.