I think he's talking about how they(?) market it as open alternative to Android but most of the UI and apps were proprietary.

Some people also don't like it that they had some deal with the Russian Government.

If BSDobelix had done some basic research, this would have turned up:

"In 2024, to escape Russia's investors due to the Ukrainian war, the Jolla initial company filed for bankruptcy, continuing its activity under the JollyBoys name." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolla)

Quite a gutsy move, in my opinion, and as far away from "near scam" as can be.

I have nothing written about Russia nor Ukraine, but closed source software and the promised "pre-order" jolla tablet.

However it's interesting that a Finnish company files bankruptcy and had that much investors from Russia, so thanks for a additional point....and that name JollyBoy...

See https://jolla.com/content/uploads/2023/11/Former_leadership_...

AFAIK russian military uses the devices during the war and moreover, they are designed and approved by the russian government. I saw a few devices from https://auroraos.ru/ . https://www.tadviser.ru/index.php/%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D... - here is more history

Seems like it was just renamed https://tietopalvelu.ytj.fi/?companyName=Jollyboys&isCompany...

OK, I misunderstood - apologies! You're right about the tablet; I'd forgotten about that...

Kinda of a slow move. The war's second phase started in 2022.