• CameronDev@programming.dev
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    22 hours ago

    IodeOS and Murena are both repackaging upstream android projects (/e/ and lineage), so they get a lot of the work done for them for free, Jolla is doing the entire phone OS, so there is a large scope difference.

    I personally dont see any issue with feature updates being paywalled, as long as the security updates and bug fixes are free for the supported lifetime of the device. I buy a device based on the features it has today, not the promised future updated features, so missing future updates, or having to pay for them doesn’t really matter.

    Also, arguably, with the subscription model, you can always just cancel the subscription, wait and see what the updates bring, and decide later to resubscribe if the features matter to you, so you dont need to pay $60 each year unless you really want to be on the bleeding edge of features.