Imagine you could install any software on any device. The devices you own that don't receive updates anymore, or where you found out that the software is full of ads/tracking. You could replace it, maybe with a Linux distro like postmarketOS running mainline. These devices wouldn't need to be electronic waste. We signed @fsfe's #openletter to the EU to make this happen.
You can sign it, too!
fsfe.org/activities/upcyclinga…
#Ecodesign #RightToRepair #EWWR #FreeSoftware #LinuxMobile #UpcyclingAndroid
Open letter for the right to install any software on any device - FSFE
Free Software Foundation Europe is a charity that empowers users to control technology. We enable people to use, understand, adapt, and share software.FSFE - Free Software Foundation Europe
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IzzyOnDroid ✅
in reply to postmarketOS • • •so it is mandatory to have your name published on the site when signing? Cannot sign without having that "optional" box checked. Yet the linked list has just 2 entries. So I wonder how the others signed it without being listed.
Seeing the list of organizations having signed somehow doesn't make it plausible there were only 2 individuals signing it in the same period. So what's wrong here?
Free Software Foundation Europe
in reply to IzzyOnDroid ✅ • • •@IzzyOnDroid we are sorry for the bug and any inconvenience, it should be fixed now, can you please re-check?
the list is so small because until today only organisations have been able to sign the letter and the list is also only updated every 24 hours, so the list will be longer tomorrow : )
IzzyOnDroid ✅
in reply to Free Software Foundation Europe • • •@fsfe@mastodon.social I have to admit I simply manipulated the HTML (via inspector) to remove the mandatory flag before sending the form (which worked, so I've already signed).
Looking at the form now: yes, looks good – thanks!