Jolla jolla!

My new phone finally arrived last week! It’s a Jolla C2.

Here’s the description from the website, and I don’t think there’s anything more to add:

The Jolla C2 isn’t for everyone. It’s for those who believe their privacy is their own to control, who value trust over shortcuts, and who have the courage to forge their own path. At Jolla, we’ve built our business on protecting your privacy. Your data is yours, not ours to monetize or share. We have chosen the hard path because privacy matters, and it is what you deserve. Take a look at our Privacy Policy—it truly honors your privacy and is truly one-of-a-kind.

The phone is very nice (I recommend getting the case and screen protector too) and I’m really liking the operating system.

In the coming weeks, I hope to start exploring how it works and maybe be able to contribute to the community.

Of course, after 15 years with an iPhone, the difference is noticeable—partly due to habit, partly because, objectively speaking, the iPhone is obviously more mature. However, after the initial shock, after 24 hours everything turns out to be very usable and practical. Some Android apps work well (Telegram, WhatsApp, the essential Proton suite), while others don’t work yet, such as YouTube or Google Maps.

The decision to switch to Jolla was driven by the desire to bring a fundamental service back to Europe and to shut down another of the few services I currently still have in the US.

Leaving Apple wasn’t an easy choice, given that I’ve been using their products for 41 years. However, after seeing them abandon the rainbow flag and, in recent months, work to please their president, I feared that the next iPhone might feature a rotten, orange apple, so I decided to switch. If Jolla hadn’t existed, I would have switched to a Samsung or Xiaomi.

About the title of this post, read more here 🙂
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jalla