Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://piaille.fr/@ciourte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ciourte</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.coop/@netopwibby" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>netopwibby</span></a></span> Needless to say I've only heard of some Spanish low-cost <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MVNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MVNO</span></a> offering one device only in a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/prepaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prepaid</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bundle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bundle</span></a> when <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FirefoxOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirefoxOS</span></a> was unveiled at the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MWC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MWC</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Barcelona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Barcelona</span></a> based off coverage in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.heise.de/@ct_Magazin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ct_Magazin</span></a></span> at the time.</p><ul><li>Cuz I remember <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebDevs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDevs</span></a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oxytodon.com/@fuchsiii" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fuchsiii</span></a></span> really loving it because it was the then hot & fresh <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HTML5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML5</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/JS6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JS6</span></a> + <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CSS3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CSS3</span></a> combo to make it super-easy to do <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Apps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apps</span></a>. All one needs to build an app was <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firefox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Firefox</span></a> as Browser and the ability to basically zip' it.</li></ul><p>Alas <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.cc/@Mozilla" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Mozilla</span></a></span> <em>deciding on purpose</em> to literally <em>splinter the market</em> by letting <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MNO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MNO</span></a>|s and MVNOs run their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppStore</span></a>|s instead of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/centralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centralized</span></a> model, making the situation <em>worse</em> than in the <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> where there are several vendor-independent <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AppStores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppStores</span></a> for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>. </p><ul><li><em>"Conspiracy Theorists"</em> even suggested that this was deliberate self-sabotage to benefit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a>, tho needless to say Firefox OS aimed at devices & specs that were too low for Android.</li></ul><p>Still, I'm <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/StillMad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StillMad</span></a> at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Mozilla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mozilla</span></a> for faceplanting Firefox OS cuz it had the easiest way to get started and a good architecture being every <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/App" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>App</span></a> is just a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebApp</span></a> and all the system calls were standard <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HTML5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HTML5</span></a> permissions and nothing fancy.</p><ul><li>Basically <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PSvita" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PSvita</span></a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REaUzHef9h4" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Syndrome,</a> but <em>worse</em> as in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenMoko" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenMoko</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Freenunner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freenunner</span></a>: </li></ul><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p76exsJn7SU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=p76exsJn7SU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>