Jolla Phone matters more than ever.
Every Android phone, every iPhone; your data, habits, convos: processed, analyzed, stored on someone else's terms.
Jolla spent 12 years in wilderness keeping Sailfish OS alive through die-hard community.
Next to them mobile OS graveyard filled up with names like Symbian, MeeGo, Firefox OS, Windows Phone - Jolla survived.
• Physical privacy switch (kill cam/mic)
• Replaceable battery
• Android app compatibility (practical)
What's also important: all earlier co-op and funding from AuroraOS many years back (of Russia) has been cut off by Jolla.
Sailfish OS is NOT 100% closed source, as some still claim it to be. Jolla has also promised that the REMAINING blobs will be opened. There are good reasons for this situation.
95% of Sailfish OS bases on free / open source software. The OS itself utilize Linux kernel (which is open source). Mer that was used is open-source. Qt Framework API's base on open-source Qt API's.
Here's the recent one from Jolla on their open source stance and commitment:
Attached: 1 image Open sourcing keeps progressing. The Nextcloud Account integration is now available on GitHub, gathering all related components in one place for easier access, contribution and improvement. Read more here: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/nextcloud-account-available-in-github/25335 The Hardware Adaptation Development Kit (HADK) is also moving to GitHub. Documentation available at https://hadk.sailfishos.org Read the full community update: https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/sailfish-community-news-30th-october-2025-nextcloud/25312 #sailfishos #nextcloud #degoogle #european #DigitalSovereignty
@Linux "Not 100% proprietary" is still not FOSS. Sorry.
I don't think anyone is claiming it's "completely closed source" either. But at the time of writing it simply has an unacceptable end user license for many people, including me.
Regarding promises: talk is cheap, show us the code. Once there are no proprietary bits left and there is no more EULA to accept, I'll most probably change my stance on Sailfish OS.
What mostly remains to be completely opened in the big picture is the Silica UI (so the graphical user interface).
Jolla has stated that they could open source it when they've more established market space, so from marketing standpoint there is no point releasing the code too early (?). And this is "only" a graphical UI.
This is the only true independent alternative that one can just buy with pretty much all there by default for common everyday use. Android app compatibility a must.
So what does a "more established market space" looks to Jolla, you think? 2K devices per year or 2 million devices per year? Myself included, plenty of people would NOT purchase or contribute to Sailfish OS until it is trully 100% FOSS.
How could we, when Jolla has the right to pull the plug from Sailfish OS ( e.g. because it is not commerically viable anymore) and delete the source code without sharing it with the community?
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Kevin Keijzer
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