Kyle Rankin @kyle@librem.one

5. This first day with an analog watch has already revealed to me just how much a smart watch has created subconscious, compulsive habits. It's unnerving to see tech rewire your brain like that.

4. I find myself looking at my wrist in the dark, even though this watch doesn't have a backlight.

3. Despite looking at my watch, if you had asked me what time it was, I couldn't have told you.

2. While writing the previous post I literally checked my analog wristwatch to see if there was a response to my first post yet.

1. I have checked my wrist frequently, sometimes only minutes apart, for notifications that aren't there. I almost never check to see the actual time.

I've worn a smart watch for 4 yrs. At first I was on call and quick access to notifications was a huge bonus. Recently I've questioned its effect on me so today I switched back to a traditional watch as a test. This thread contains my observations.

@isagalaev Apple tends to support iPhones with software updates for *much* longer.

@dredmorbius I typically can't comment on the potential for future hardware or revisions of current hardware :)

@dredmorbius Our market is everyone, not just tech-literate, because everyone deserves privacy, security, and freedom. Customers prioritize those three legs of the stool differently and you might be surprised how many non-tech-literate folks are happy laptop customers. Like w/ laptops, the phone market mostly starts with a FOSS core who values freedom first, and will expand outward to everyday folks who value privacy or security over freedom.

@dredmorbius Business model is similar to Apple's but with our ethics: sell things people are willing to pay for (premium hardware and services) to fund things people aren't as willing to pay for (FOSS development).

@dredmorbius https://puri.sm/about/social-purpose/

The power went out for half my town a few minutes after midnight, which was a kind of creepy way to start the year.

@isagalaev Any different from what?

@dredmorbius Purism's approach is tied to its Social Purpose, which allows us to put our ethics at a higher priority than "increasing shareholder value" compared to a traditional C Corp.

Enough time has passed that I feel like I can share my (possibly controversial) perspective on software supply chain security without it seeming reactive or opportunistic: https://puri.sm/posts/the-future-of-software-supply-chain-security/

Have you ever noticed how many security experts speak out against encryption backdoors, but design systems that anchor all trust in their company's signing key?

Michigan police solved a murder with recordings of the suspect's voice stored on the victim's truck infotainment system. Michigan police pull data from cars "sometimes two to three times a week." #privacy https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/snitches-wheels-police-turn-car-data-destroy-suspects-alibis-n1251939

Imagine if your ISP kicked your laptop off the Internet because Microsoft stopped providing it security updates. Imagine having to buy a new laptop every 2-3 years just so you could get updates. Phones are just small computers, they shouldn't have special rules.

@jfred I don't know how Tmobile would know which OS is running, and I doubt they'd add that kind of nuance to their policy.