Hi! I’m newer to trying a Mudita Kompakt and I would ideally like to keep one for longer than any smartphone I’ve owned so far. Thanks to staff who are active in this forum and all the feedback that actually gets passed on to developers. (I don’t know how many people who post in here are actual owners or potential buyers, but I guess both help the company in different ways to sell well.)
I’m from online circles of modders/hackers, game developers, and custom-OS makers (like Crosspoint for e-ink readers or OnionOS for the Miyoo Mini gaming console.) With small numbers of people or the usual solo devs, I’ve seen years-long-maintained Github pages of software that add features within a month or two due to how simple they are (such as letting users replace files to customize appearance or binding physical buttons to certain actions.)
However, given my ignorance as someone who isn’t an experienced programmer or electronc developer, I wonder why Mudita’s roadmap has such simple and vital features for a phone planned for “the next year.” I really don’t mean to sound rude if I do! I’m just used to nerds online who bust out their own systems, sometimes from the ground up, and was wondering if that is an unrealistic speed expectation to have for Mudita as a company. (I don’t even know how many people code at Mudita!)
I understand that the point of a Kompakt for most of us is to not have so many features and to dial everything down, but I find the current lack of freedom in control/customization to be its own thing to wrestle, with a daily tool. So I’d happily wait for the phone to become whole and install 3rd party software in the meantime if the software is a major priority for Mudita (and not, say, releasing a Kompakt 2 that is 3x better than the Kompakt 1.)
