That’s why they’re open-sourcing so that people will hopefully stop seeing them as just a “scam”. Unplugged are hoping by with transparency and accountability they will hopefully gain people’s trust.
But that’s up to the consumer.
This just the first of many things they are going to start open sourcing. They are pretty active on their blogs etc.
With this being the first of many open sourcing users can now contribute to their code.
From the blog:
This is fair skepticism, and if we were in the consumers’ shoes, we would challenge the upstart company with its big privacy claims and promises too.
Some researchers, influencers and technologists in the privacy tech and cybersecurity communities have publicly cautioned or even attacked the UP Phone. Although this is unfortunate and rare, we realize we must earn the public’s trust over time with consistent product development and by our actions.
Now, with this preface, we are pleased to announce the first of a series of open-source announcements regarding the UP Phone software and the LibertOS operating system. This follows our announcement in January that we are unlocking the UP Phone’s bootloader – without voiding the warranty – an industry first.