Because Purism cheated and just moved the blobs into a chip that you can't update and made it go through a separate processor[1]. FSF-endorsement is meaningless. This is worse than having a loadable blob from a kernel.
You can't update the firmware at all and you are still running it.
Librem 5 has very dated hardware that barely runs. It has only Cortex A53 cores @ 1.5 GHz that were released in 2012. You will see it even lag in Purism's videos.
Modern Android phones have better OS, hardware security, battery life and will be useful for longer and cheaper.
Librem 5 now costs 1000 USD, the same price that Google Pixel 8 Pro costs which also has guaranteed 7 years of OS support. Will you want to use Librem 5 in 7 years?
Also let's not forget how Purism took forever to ship the devices and was declining refunds from people that didn't even get sent the device and waited way over a year.
Oh and there are Android phones that can run on mainline kernels.
fsflover|2 years ago
dawidpotocki|2 years ago
Librem 5 has very dated hardware that barely runs. It has only Cortex A53 cores @ 1.5 GHz that were released in 2012. You will see it even lag in Purism's videos.
Modern Android phones have better OS, hardware security, battery life and will be useful for longer and cheaper.
Librem 5 now costs 1000 USD, the same price that Google Pixel 8 Pro costs which also has guaranteed 7 years of OS support. Will you want to use Librem 5 in 7 years?
Also let's not forget how Purism took forever to ship the devices and was declining refunds from people that didn't even get sent the device and waited way over a year.
Oh and there are Android phones that can run on mainline kernels.