The most important thing fo me is not to fix a new Linux phone or linux compatible phone. It is to pressure the banks and digital ID providers here in Sweden and EU to support Linux.

I wanted a Linux phone, I was open and prepared to have a worse camera, battery, stability, user experience. You name it. Just to break free from the duopoly. But then I wouldn’t be able to use my bank, healthcare services, insurance, file my taxes, etc. Cause there is no support for Linux only Android and iOS, windows, Mac OS.

Services needed to exist in a modern society locked to platforms owned by private corporations. Even if ASOP gets a fork that continues without Google’s version of ASOP for future version’s, there is a good chance none of the back apps would function without integration of google services.

I’m running /e/OS on a fairphone, that was the best option out there for my requirements. But with the latest developments around ASOP I’m not sure about how long this will be an option.

I hate BankID with a fiery passion. I complain to all my Swedish colleagues how messed up it is that government services are locked behind a private company that only supports American big-tech operating systems. They are finally coming around to my way of thinking now.

I’m one of the only people I know in Sweden without a smartphone, just a dumbphone.

I couldn’t get BankID to work with Wine or Waydroid so I just use an old Windows laptop when I need to access government services with the physical dongle. But I hate going back to Windows so it’s always a pain.