Lukáš KotekMar 4
jolla

Day 3 at MWC Barcelona, and this show has already exceeded all our expectations.

Yesterday, Minister Lulu Ranne visited our booth. A meaningful moment for a Finnish team bringing a European alternative.

The conversations here have been real. The timing feels right.

Proudly from Finland, the country of the most loved mobile phones ever made. ❤️

#Jolla #SailfishOS #MWC2026 #DigitalSovereignty #European #PrivacyFirst

Mar 4 at 11:21amWeb
Show threadVesa KaihlavirtaMar 4

@jolla One of the problems upstart operating systems like Sailfish still is despite everything is that there's not enough native software.

Interesting to see if LLMs will fix that by making the creation of software so much easier. Still even with that one of the pain points is that you will need to get at least a few banks in on it, so that good software support (online banks and NFC payments) will be possible natively.

Show threadAndiS 🌞🍷🇪🇺Mar 4
"upstart" is an interesting description, considering I used SailfishOS on a Jolla Phone back around 2014 😉

But you are of course right about the software ecosystem. I don't believe running a Sailfish device without Android app support will be feasible in quite a long time. It was possible more than ten years ago, but not anymore sadly.

I still preodered one and am looking forward to it! Step by Step.
Show threadVesa KaihlavirtaMar 4

@andi Yeah I had one too.

I suppose I would call Linux an upstart OS (on the desktop) too, even though I started using it in mid 90s.

Show threadIvan G.Mar 4
@vegai no LLM will not fix it, they'll pollute only the ecosystem with half baked apps, with hidden bugs.
They need to attract users and developers first, and this too is not enough. But i honestly will not trust a platform where most of the apps are generated by llm.
The problem is that institutions should start to use it and require services to be deployed on those platforms. European institutions should consider endorsing it.
To have a decent ecosystem the first thing is having users.
Show threadMartin G. auf HubzillaMar 4
@Vesa Kaihlavirta @jolla That’s for four reasons.

One, hardly anyone knows that SailfishOS exists in the first place, including mobile developers. In fact, hardly anyone knows that any mobile operating systems exist that are neither iOS nor Android.

Two, mobile devs say that it isn’t worth developing for anything that isn’t iOS or Android. If it’s neither iOS nor Android, “nobody” uses it. Don’t forget: Even developing for Android only became “worth it” when the Samsung Galaxy S, one particular Android phone model, outsold the iPhone.

Three, many mobile devs develop for a living, and they sell their proprietary, non-free, closed-source, commercial payware apps in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. In stark contrast, the Jolla Store doesn’t even support spending money on apps.

Besides, why should someone offer closed-source payware apps in an ecosystem that’s largely catered to by pure FLOSS third-party repositories, namely OpenRepos with its Storeman app as well as Sailfish Chum?

Well, and lastly, I guess there are hardly any mobile devs left who can develop for anything that isn't iOS or Android.

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Show threadDanielMar 4
@jolla 10K target achieved, well done 👍 Pretty cool to be in that contingent. Delivery not till Sept 2026. Price €649? What volumes do you need to reach to start bringing the price down? 
Show threadAnttiMar 5
@danvaio @jolla I would guess scale of at least 100 000(s) would be needed for that. Or at least over 50k. But I don't think the price is that bad considering how the memory prices are skyrocketing.