[logicrook]

Problem I have: I am dependent on MEGAcorp. MEGAcorp does not like freedom. So free solutions are not good.

Do you see the problem?

[stinos]

I don't think it has anything to do with MEGAcorp not liking freedom in this case, the problem is just money here, no? As in, MEGAbank not wanting to spend time a.k.a. money developping their apps for a platform with < 0.1% (or whatever the market share of Ubuntu Phone currently is) of their userbase on it. Note that the same tends to happen for Windows Phone, so there goes your freedom argument as well? I've also seen the same happen for MINIcorps often enough btw, maybe even more cause they have even less resources.

[staticelf]

I am all for free solutions, but I am not willing to put up with a much lesser experience just to prove a point. Even if I and hundreds of other developers were, they would still not exist for ubuntu phone because developers are such a minority.

That is also only the external "must haves" I require from my phone. But I've heard from people that actually owns an ubuntu phone that it's buggy, laggy and are just not well polished. One individual actually flashed his phone and installed android on it because he couldn't put up with the software anymore.

So yeah, I am a MEGAcorp user. Who cares? It helps me with my daily life and I am happy with it. MEGAcorp is not necessarily bad.

[stephenr]

> Do you see the problem?

You think Canonical is a bastion of free software? Is that the problem? I'm pretty sure that's the problem.

[logicrook]

The point I'm making does not involve Canonical. When discussing a switch to Linux, most people answer with something like "oh but it should support X (MEGAcorp product) so I can't switch". It should support .docx, or whatever latest proprietary protocols. And when this is implemented, there will be a new shiny closed thing to have.

Also, in its current form your comment is just a Perfect Solution Fallacy.