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SD69 is offline SD69
2009-05-22 , 12:05
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#48
they never claimed the UI would be community developed, did they?
And the UI for Maemo 5 indeed is not community developed. The issue (on my mind) is to what extent it reflects Diablo UI and/or community input, which we will only know upon release. I am prepared to be disappointed and hope to be pleasantly surprised.

imagine there really is a subsidized version that has a place for ads hardwired to the homescreen.
wouldn't it mean that they'd need to block any possibility to boot into an alternate OS or else consumers would simply avoid having the ad by using mer instead of maemo?

this would be more annoying than the ad itself, because it might lead to a design decision that affects both the subsidized and the non-subsidized variants.
Yes, but not to say that some smart people can't jail break it. Of course, subsidized devices (which most of us hate) will expand the range of Maemo 5 devices. (afaik, Maemo 5 won't be openly licensed for the asking on non-Nokia devices so (even though it may be open as in hackable, etc.) there would otherwise be a bit of a hardware lock to Maemo devices).

I'm not following though how that necessitates a design decision that affects the non-subsidized version.