If that happens we are pretty much screwed - there are no (official) images and no third party OS repo mirrors.

If the servers ever go down:

• it would not be possible to install any store packages
• any non-store stuff from the official repositories
• reinstall packages from the official repositories (say after breaking them due to a patching accident)
• update devices to the latest Sailfish OS version

The last point is maybe the most serious - all factory restores would mean being stuck on a prehistoric Sailfish OS version forever.

Also mentioned on one of the community meetings - the device pings a Jolla hosted server to check if it is online. If I understand it correctly then if this server goes down the device might forever thing it is offline. Someone with more information is welcome to clarify the ramifications of this & if this could be worked around.