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minus-squareToes♀@ani.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoThat’s a huge deal breaker. If that’s not resolved by launch they should be ashamed to put their name behind it.
minus-squareteawrecks@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·4 months agoDon’t let perfect be the enemy of the good. If the product doesn’t fit your needs, don’t buy it. But we’re not going to get a completely open source laptop that competes with mass market options at the same price over night.
minus-squareManifish_Destiny@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 months agoThat’s not really a relevant argument here. One of the massive benefits of RISC-V is the lack of proprietary instruction sets.
That’s a huge deal breaker. If that’s not resolved by launch they should be ashamed to put their name behind it.
Don’t let perfect be the enemy of the good.
If the product doesn’t fit your needs, don’t buy it. But we’re not going to get a completely open source laptop that competes with mass market options at the same price over night.
That’s not really a relevant argument here. One of the massive benefits of RISC-V is the lack of proprietary instruction sets.