Confusing title. Quoting original blog post:
Future options for eelo to address this issue will be to:
- partner with FairPhone or similar 100% open hardware projects
(emphasis by me)
So nothing talked with them, and reading that bullet point, nothing analysed at all. Starting with the fact that Fairphone is not a 100% open hardware project, and probably wouldn’t be in a long timeframe (read this other thread for more info).
Ok, assuming that Fairphone and this Mandrake developer will make contact in the future and they’d be all ok and happy. Using Yalp in a stock OS? Violates Google’s terms and conditions. And most of the proyects it mentions, including microG itself (GCM, Google Device ID, etc).
But more importantly: he is tired of walled gardens, but in practice he wants to turn Android into iOS and offer cloud alternatives to actual cloud walled gardens, which creates mooore walled gardens and doesn’t offer any technical trust.
In my opinion —not trying to critizise— that’s just a early-days post on hacky ideas about tech freedom. Not scalable at all, but a good starting point. However, I wouldn’t bet my money yet like I did on the Purism Librem 5.
[details=Spam: Purism comparison]Purism Librem 5 has:
- a quality background: Librem laptops, a FSF-guaranteed libre operating system
- more oportunities to success: stablished market, privacy- and security-minded people, a brand reputation
- better community: the GNU FLOSS one —built from the beginning from OSS ideals— they work with upstream proyects, give back to the community
Also, Lineage OS and LOS for microG will surely be ported (remember, 100% libre software from the ground-up)[/details]
PS: Damn, @paulakreuzer! You were faster! Same quote, 