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“In 2017, Samsung stood on stage at its Developer Conference and announced one
of the most exciting sustainability ideas the smartphone industry had seen.
Galaxy Upcycling would let you take your old Galaxy phone, unlock its
bootloader, and turn it into whatever you wanted: a smart home sensor, a baby
monitor, a Linux computer, a retro gaming console. iFixit co-launched the
program. The open-source community was thrilled, especially given that Samsung
had a GitHub page for it and everything.
Then nothing happened. For four years. When Samsung finally shipped something
called "Galaxy Upcycling at Home" in 2021, it bore almost no resemblance to
what was promised. And then that quietly faded into irrelevance too.
To understand why this story is so frustrating, you need to understand what
Samsung actually promised.”
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
