p̸h̴o̸⁴c̵e̴ₓa̵Passed a booth at PyCon for the AstroHaus Freewrite, a Kickstarter-backed "distraction-free writing tool" combining a small e-ink screen with a mechanical keyboard in a fixed plastic shell for a whopping $550.
I inquired about the firmware.
"Actually it runs Debian!" said the dude.
"Oh! So I could install ssh and..."
"No," he said incredulously, "we're not going to give people root!"
TFW name-dropping one of the most freedom-focused OSes to sell a device that restricts those same freedoms.
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