Thread: De-commissioning Xperia devices on SailfishOS
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2022-02-22 , 07:22
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Originally Posted by dredlok706 View Post
Anyone knows is it possible to get full Sailfish for XA2 for free (I mean full with Android app support etc.)?
No.

Or anyone has a unneeded license to give for free/sell cheaply?
Even if they had, and did, it might not succeed and most importantly it's against jolla's rules.

I just don't think paying $50 for LINUX (it wasn't open source?) system is a good decision.
That's just like, your opinion, man.

And yes, some parts are closed source. It's still a fully functional GNU/Linux with a familiar paradigm, on a smartphone.
I wonder how many blobs you use on your other computer every day.

I want to have full SFOS experience on XA2, but it isn't enough I need to pay for device? Why I need to pay also for system?
Because paying for the device doesn't pay SFOS devs, not one bit.

Personally I think they've done a good job, and a singular payment of €50 (not USD btw) is a fair price for an OS fully working* and still fully supported with upgrades on a now 4 yo consumer device. When did SFOS introduce the XA2? 3 years ago? That's a very long support span for a smartphone, and it isn't over yet.

* what ric9k said about this
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