Mike Fuller

@AnttiSaarnio Welcome back from MWC. When will you want us to pay the balance on our first batch pre-order of the new Jolla Phone please? Are you waiting for design specs and prototype to be finalised? Originally I thought January was mentioned but I'm not clear what the timetable is now?

MWC2026 was incredible. Over 2,000 people visited our stand, 100,000+ visited Jolla shop during the week, and we got overwhelming support from media, community and visitors who want an independent European mobile OS to exist. Thank you. Alongside all the love, I also see some hate from other alternative OS projects. I feel sad about this, as we don’t compete against other alternative OSes. We compete against the big tech and their dominance over the people. So let me tell you who we are and where we come from. Jolla was founded in 2011 to continue Nokia's MeeGo OS, which Microsoft killed after acquiring Nokia. It was a gigantic project for a startup. We quickly grew to 120 people, burning €1M per month with no major VC backing — Finland was not Silicon Valley back then. I personally became a fundraising machine: every 6 months I closed a round, and the morning after closing I started planning the next one, because I knew we'd be out of money in 6 months if I didn't. The community saved us multiple times. Our first phone pre-order campaign in 2013 was the most successful crowdfunding campaign of its time — it rescued the company after we lost our chipset vendor partnership overnight. But a €1M monthly burn with no major partnerships is unsustainable. We started gradually losing control to investors with different agendas. Not overnight — gradually. By 2017 I had lost control of the company and left. After Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, I started negotiating to bring Jolla back into Finnish ownership. I spent 14 months in direct negotiations with Rostelecom — the Russian state operator that held the controlling stake. Eventually I had to accept we were going nowhere. May 2023, I walked away from the table. June 2023, Jolla entered voluntary restructuring. August 2023, the Municipal Court of Pirkanmaa ruled that Jolla's business, IP and personnel could be sold to a new company. I established that company — temporarily named Jollyboys Oy (I had to give it a name before we had rights to the Jolla brand, and I have sometimes weird humor). In November 2023, Jolla's creditors — the Finnish state, a major Finnish pension fund, and two leading Finnish law firms — voted in favour. Jolla was reborn as a 100% Finnish-owned company. Rostelecom appealed. They lost. So yes, Jolla has a history. We have always been open about it. None of it was hidden. Is Sailfish OS perfect? No. There is a lot to improve and a long way to go. We will gradually open source it, step by step. It may not yet be where the hardcore privacy community wants us to be — but we will get there. In the meantime, we can serve ordinary people who want privacy and real control over their data. A physical switch that cuts camera, microphone and Android apps with one press of a button is a great start. I have been in this business for 15 years. I have seen many OS projects come and go, or end up controlled by Google. The only way alternative operating systems win is if we help each other. Spreading hate helps no one. Jolla does not participate in spreading hate. We only spread love. The dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

@HighwaysSurrey So where is the map is so called 'P1' routes please? A pointless post without this information!

❄️Our dedicated gritter drivers are out gritting our High Routes and P1 Routes at 7pm this evening Priority 1 roads are the most important roads in terms of the volume of traffic carried 🥶Road surface temperatures are going to fall below -0.9 tonight surreycc.gov.uk/roads-and-tran…

@MarkKleinmanSky As an early Curve customer + investor via Crowdcube this is disappointing. Interesting too that Curve notified us recently that the funder for Curve Flex had withdrawn + that a new funder was being sought. Despite launching a series of add on products it's been 2 little too late.

Revealed: Lloyds Banking Group, Britain’s biggest high street lender, has signed an agreement to buy Curve, the digital wallet provider, after months of talks about a £120m deal which has sparked legal threats from some of the fintech’s major investors. news.sky.com/story/lloyds-c…

@susie_dent Diction Harry

We’ve introduced a new Bot in my word game Two Words, and it needs a name! Please reply with your suggestions (Botty McBotface won’t do). For those who don’t know the game, here’s the link: twowords2.page.link/play

@bletchleypark A Yarn Bombe surely? #MarianRejewski #bomba #decryption

A local yarn bomber has created a beautiful Remembrance Day tribute outside Bletchley Park. #BletchleyPark #YarnBomber #CommunityArt #Remembrance

@TfL Well despite your assurances the buses don't seem to be running again. Although the alerts show buses due, they never turn up. Please can you escalate and get the 166 at Chipstead Valley Road back in service ASAP please? This is an essential route for Epsom Hosp. @CouncillorLuke

@TfL Thank you!

@TfL so Google is showing Chipstead Valley Road is open (works were due to finish 31/10) Why are 166 buses still showing as on diversion?!!! Please restore the service ASAP today (1/11) Thanks #banstead #chipstead #woodmansterne #nobuses

@TfL Yes but the buses are NOT running! Your Go App is STILL showing a disruption to the service. Please restore the service today. Thanks

@ninepine Hi Mike, the diversion has now been cleared and is reflecting on our website: tfl.gov.uk/bus/status/?In… Thanks, ^FM

@Eurostar The site and well hidden Snap T&C only say the first part. snap.eurostar.com/uk-en/conditio… You don't mention the lack of a booking reference at all yet want API to be provided ASAP. Doing this requires a booking reference. Time to be rather more honest and open about the whole process.

@ninepine As mentioned on the site, we’ll send your train times at least 48 hours before travel. At the same time, you will receive your booking reference which will then allow you to enter the API.

@Eurostar so while Eurostar Snap offers good prices you seem not to have thought through the implementation. How can I add API for new travellers when you haven't issued a booking reference!!! Please fix this serious system flaw ASAP. Thanks.

@EurostarUK so while Eurostar Snap offers good prices you seem not to have thought through the implementation. How can I add API for new travellers when you haven't issued a booking reference!!! Please fix this serious system flaw ASAP. Thanks. eurostar.com/uk-en/travel-i…

@marksandspencer click and collect experience downgraded unnecessarily. Why do I now need to understand and give your department that sold the goods online to collect an order??? Another barrier to good customer service. #Banstead #badcustomerjourney #pointlessstep

.@SESWater is this an example of deceptive billing? My just issued bill (dated 15/09/2025) increases my Direct Debit by over 100% yet you highlight my current payment! Not a great example of compliance with @DirectDebitUK rules! You need to do much better and make changes clear.

@virginmedia The part of the process where you introduce a new login system but don't inform customers. Something referred to as a VirginMediaO2 ID. I didn't ask for one, don't want one but it seems you have decided to issue me one without explainjng why and how it works! Totally stupid.

@ninepine Hi Mike sincere apologies. What part of the process are you stuck on please?

.@virginmedia - well done. Definitely the worst and most customer hostile new login system to my unwanted "Virgin Media O2 ID". So badly designed your email points to an invalid URL of http://$(signinurl)/ to manage this insanity. Who approved or tested this? Total fail.

@AskNationwide any chance you can fix your App please so it shows the correct interest rate? NB Easy Access ISA doesn't pay 0.00% Gross. Your App data mapping needs a fix. #dataerror #nointerest

@marksandspencer so the App seems to be working again but not free collection from store! So you want me to pay for delivery! Thanks but no thanks. If you want to recover lost sales, customers shouldn't have to pay extra. Drop delivery charges until collection service is resumed

@marksandspencer you do have to wonder why Cyber security risks were not the stated responsibility of the Board and that oversight was assigned to the executive? Page 66 #2024 Annual report. (In reality the Board is responsible and must take accountability.)

@HighwaysSurrey @SurreyCouncil Why go to the expense of sending letters to residents that obscure key information? The miniscule QR code won't scan and the 'web address' is invalid). Please restart the invalid consultation and extend the deadline. @CouncillorLuke @YourBanstead