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[–] astraeus@programming.dev 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They tried making a phone already and it failed to gain steam.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS

[–] aranym@lemmy.name 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's worth noting that KaiOS, a fork of Firefox OS, has been successful - particularly in developing markets.

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

This is reassuring, I’ve been debating installing Ubuntu’s phone OS on my old Sony Xperia. It’s great that it’s not a complete bust to have a nice FOSS OS on phones. Mozilla just didn’t have the resources or wherewithal to follow through with Firefox OS and that’s just how it goes.