Sorry, I think you have an unreasonably cynical view of this. Yes, Jolla is a company, but at the end of the day they have to pay people and to pay people they need cash. That cash has to come from somewhere and will have strings attached to it. I don't think you have any good reason to say that Jolla don't listen - sure they don't always do what their customers ask for, and they've been known to go back on things. But the fact is that people can post long rants about Jolla on Together often on baseless assumptions, and they don't get removed. Contrast that to some larger companies who have no public forum, or if they do then it's heavily moderated to not allow any critical commentary. Yes these guys may have failed from time to time (and they're not even done yet), but the very fact that you know about that means that they've communicated and listened more than most.

I worry sometimes that a lot of people round here won't know what they had until it's gone. It's really easy to sit in your armchairs and bray about how you would have done things differently. These guys actually took the risk, stepped up and are trying to do something that they believe in. I am very grateful for that.