#RedBlueIndex

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-06-12

@fschaap @netopwibby yeah, but why is it in the drawer (besides #FirefoxOS being let to die prematurely)...

We may be aware of Firefox OS' existance in the past but it was never even tried to be sold anywhere to any effect.

  • And believe me, both @fuchsiii and I tried to get our hands on any device that came with it and I've never heard of the #ZTE Open C before, much less any device being sold in #Germany which is absolutely flabberghasting to me given that in the late 2000s and early 2010s #Mozilla #Firefox was the dominant #Browser in Germany and thus had the best chance to leverage that customer base with good integrations like #MozillaPocket / #FirefoxPocket.

I still love #Fennec aka. #FirefoxMobile but I'm still mad at @Mozilla for not even trying to sell me a device, cuz I was at the time literally shouting: "#ShutUpAndTakeMyMoney!" and searched the (back then 4) MNOs' and their (half a dozen) MVNOs' stores (both retail and online) and never came across a Firefox OS device.

  • Same with (online) electronics retailers: NONE of them even had a single listing when I looked for those.

Which reminds me of the (coined by me term) "#RedBlueIndex" [named after the parent company that owns both #Saturn and #MediaMarkt, the two biggest, spechalized electronics retailers]:

  • If you can't find a product on shelf at Saturn/MediaMarkt, it doesn't exist in the minds and conciousness of the average #consumers!
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-05-12

@katnjiapus it's because of what I call "#RedBlueIndex" (named after the holding company owning the two biggest electronics tetailers in #Germany, #Saturn & #MediaMarkt):

  • Only what people see ib stores exists to them!

Thus they see #Apple devices that are more expensive than ever before and are less compatible than anything since the switch from #PowerPC to #ix86 and all the garbage prebuilds with #WinShit on them because retailers get paid to not offer #Linux and the big OEMs get paid $25 for every #preinstall if #Windows10 & #Windows11...

Same with #refurbishers that pay less than €10 per key in return for not shipping Linux...

That's why you don't see Linux machines in stores.

And I want @kartellamt@social.bund.de / @Bundesregierung & @EU_Commission to actually investigate that sooner than later...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2024-03-06

@getimiskon @Jain @fuchsiii agreed...

What I do think is missing is a more visible presence of @ubuntu / #UbuntuLTS on #StoreShelves...

I call this the #RedBlueIndex [named after the holding corporation that owns #Saturn & #MediaMarkt]:

If a product is not on their store shelves, #TechIlliterates and other #Normies won't even acknowledge it's existance...

I do think that #Ubuntu - like any proper #Linux and #Unix-esque distro needs to be more present, as #Microsoft's #Windows11 creates a metric fuckton of #eWaste with their #TPM 2.0 bullshit and #Refurbishers should take the opportunity to offer better deals whilst passing through to customers at least parts of the saved ~ €17 otherwise paid for a #Windows MAR key...

But that would mean one would have to put in effort and let people actually experience what a good #OS Linux can be, and that's not what they want to do...

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-09-06

@wonka @hllizi @peterjelinek Bei #Technologien gilt für mich der #RedBlueIndex...

Und solange ich keine #Natriumakkus im Handel finde die an #LiFePO4 herankommen, ist das eher meh...

Hinzu kommt das inhärente Problem mit #Akkus: #Verschleiß und die beim #Schnelladen extrem miese Effizienz...

youtube.com/watch?v=SB9EARKvCT

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-08-14

@denki @monthy19 @peterjelinek Ja ich kenne die #Grundlagenforschung.

Im Alltag würde ich jedoch nur das zählen, was mensch gegen Geld im Einzelhandel kaufen kann!

So'n bisschen #RedBlueIndex: Wenn's nicht beim #Saturn / #MediaMarkt im Regal zu kaufen gibt, existiert es für #Verbraucher*innen nicht!

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@mstdn.social
2023-07-03

@Wuergenippel @rahmstorf

Das ist so'n bisschen wie mit @ubuntu / #Ubuntu LTS #Linux und @frameworkcomputer / #Framework Laptops:

Die sind erst dann #mainstream wenn's die bei #SaturnMediaMarkt direkt zum Mitnehmen gibt.

[Ich nenn' das den "#RedBlueIndex"]...

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