Louis Salkeld

@salkeld
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Developer of software

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Websitehttps://salkeld.co
GitHubhttps://github.com/lsalkeld
GitLabhttps://gitlab.com/salkeld
GrapheneOS will remain usable by anyone around the world without requiring personal information, identification or an account. GrapheneOS and our services will remain available internationally. If GrapheneOS devices can't be sold in a region due to their regulations, so be it.
@FritzAdalis @JenMsft I didn’t expect it at all. Finally some positive news!

Today, I met with Colorado Senator Matt Ball, co-author of Colorado OS Age Attestation Bill SB26-051.

Sen. Ball suggested excluding open source software from the bill. This appears to be a real possibility.

Amendments are expected for the CA age attestation bill. It's my hope we can move fast enough to influence excluding open source in the CA bill amendments.

No illusions, it's an uphill battle, but we have an open door to advocate for the open source community.

“It’s the most visible rejection of care in software: People proudly saying how much the software they work on is “vibe coded” or “written by Claude””

“It’s like a chef loudly stating that they didn’t even taste the menu they now want you to pay 200 EUR for.”

https://tante.cc/2026/03/04/artisanal-care/

Artisanal care

When we moved into our apartment we hired a contractor to build bespoke cupboards for a few niches that we wanted to use optimally. He built perfectly fitting, nice cupboards that make those areas look nice and clean while allowing us to store all kinds of stuff. And he took great care doing it. Even after the job had started he kept explaining us why certain decisions we thought were smart might have been not so smart and offered solutions - often without charging extra. He wanted to build […]

https://tante.cc/2026/03/04/artisanal-care/

@BasicAppleGuy I had high hopes but this might be the single worst product refresh they've ever done 😭

We're happy to announce a long-term partnership with Motorola. We're collaborating on future devices meeting our privacy and security standards with official GrapheneOS support.

https://motorolanews.com/motorola-three-new-b2b-solutions-at-mwc-2026/

Motorola News | Motorola's new partnership with GrapheneOS

Motorola announces three new B2B solutions at MWC 2026, including GrapheneOS partnership, Moto Analytics and more.

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@fdroidorg I love the initiative but my faith in Google doing the right thing is a hard 0 nowadays 🫠
We have published an open letter to Google opposing the Android Developer Verification Program with over 30 organizations as signatories: https://keepandroidopen.org/open-letter/