Linux on the phone has come a long way I hear. I have been meaning to buy one and see if it can be my daily driver. Google being shitty would definitely push me there
I’m starting to think I don’t want calls and SMS on a device. I use signal for that anyways. I’d be fine without and a corpo world burner phone for that
Yeah, i’m pretty sure the EU wont approve of locking down PCs that way. I’m also pretty sure that Googles current moves regarding the registration of developers and locking down sideloading will not be seen positively in the current climate, where the EU seeks to become more independent from Silicon Valley. The EU has been adamant in their view that users should not be limited to one market on phones; i believe that trying to lock down PCs would lead to legislation forbidding that.
Linux on the phone has come a long way I hear. I have been meaning to buy one and see if it can be my daily driver. Google being shitty would definitely push me there
I even liked the idea I saw mentioned today where maybe it’s time for 2 devices.
One that just does phone calls and SMS.
The other is a tiny portable Linux computer that does everything else. Who needs android or apps anyway?
I’m starting to think I don’t want calls and SMS on a device. I use signal for that anyways. I’d be fine without and a corpo world burner phone for that
That seems inconvenient. Can Linux phones not do calls and SMS?
Calls and SMS work in more than half of the phones that can run Linux. Here’s a list: https://wiki.postmarketos.org/wiki/Devices
I’d argue that if it doesn’t do calls it’s not really a phone.
Edit: Also most of the phones are pretty ancient, the newest one is 4 years old, are 7-8+.
Most of them do do calls, though.
You can get a retro phone for like £15 or so. Mine even has a (shit) camera and a 64GB SD card to expand the internal 32MB (yes MB) storage.
There’s also Europe, which has led the way in regulating against monopolistic power for Big Tech.
Yeah, i’m pretty sure the EU wont approve of locking down PCs that way. I’m also pretty sure that Googles current moves regarding the registration of developers and locking down sideloading will not be seen positively in the current climate, where the EU seeks to become more independent from Silicon Valley. The EU has been adamant in their view that users should not be limited to one market on phones; i believe that trying to lock down PCs would lead to legislation forbidding that.