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Dec 11 08:20:38 <rahc> antrik: the ability to customise a phone's UI is not unique
Dec 11 08:31:05 * pabs3 . o O 0 ( especially if the UI is Free Software )
Dec 11 11:08:19 <antrik> rahc: care to disclose which other phone UIs can be customised in their behaviour in non-trivial ways simply by installing extensions?
Dec 11 11:08:50 <antrik> I'm not talking about rebuilding the whole fucking thing from source
Dec 11 11:15:36 <rahc> antrik: so you're saying that the unique thing is not just customising a phone's UI but customising the UI's "behaviour in non-trivial ways"?
Dec 11 11:23:32 <antrik> sure looks like it. what's the point of this question?
Dec 11 11:24:49 <rahc> antrik: the ability to customise a phone UI's behaviour in non-trivial ways is not unique
Dec 11 11:27:37 <antrik> rahc: are you a moron, or just a troll?
Dec 11 11:28:28 <antrik> I said USING EXTENSIONS
Dec 11 11:28:45 <rahc> ok
Dec 11 11:29:16 <rahc> antrik: so you're saying that the unique thing is customising a phone UI's "behaviour in non-trivial ways", "USING EXTENSIONS"?
Dec 11 11:31:05 <antrik> I guess so. unless there is another missing qualifier that's obivious from the previous discussion but you choose to pretend I never mentioned it
Dec 11 11:31:16 <rahc> because if customising a phone's UI "behaviour in non-trivial ways" is not unique but customising a phone UI's "behaviour in non-trivial ways", "USING EXTENSIONS" is, then the only unique thing is, in fact, "USING EXTENSIONS"
Dec 11 11:33:37 <antrik> and your point is?...
Dec 11 11:36:44 <rahc> I don't think that's something exciting that sets FirefoxOS apart
Dec 11 11:46:26 <antrik> well, if patching and rebuilding the system is your preferred way of making customisations, I guess that's not exciting to you. I hope you understand that the vast majority of people -- *including* the vast majority of technology enthusiasts -- prefer installing an extension
Dec 11 11:49:50 <rahc> I think the vast majority of people, including the vast majority of technology enthusiasts, are not excited by such matters
Dec 11 12:03:27 <antrik> I think many people are excited about customising the UI. so there :-P
Dec 11 12:23:15 <pabs3> https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2015/12/09/firefox-os-pivot-to-connected-devices/
Dec 11 12:34:26 <rahc> "Everything is connected around us"
Dec 11 12:34:28 <rahc> that's not true
Dec 11 12:34:44 <rahc> "This revolution has already started and it will be bigger than previous technology revolutions"
Dec 11 12:34:51 <rahc> I disagree, it's a fad
Dec 11 12:40:08 <pabs3> your opinion isn't going to reach Mozilla or change their course of action :)
Dec 11 13:01:18 <rahc> pfft
Dec 11 13:01:30 <rahc> let them waste Google's money
Dec 11 13:41:42 <antrik> I also think it's a fad. what's worse, we have been hearing this BS for more than a decade -- only recently it became even more prominent
Dec 11 13:43:17 <antrik> it's seems to me all the interest in this area is basically wishful thinking by vendors who hope to establish themselfs on a new market that isn't yet entrenched like the smartphone market
Dec 11 13:43:53 <antrik> (this attempt by Mozilla fits right in)
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