@soapdog PS. Have you heard of this phone? (Sadly they’re US-based)

https://furilabs.com/

@aral I saw here today that the company doesn't seem to be a good FOSS player and been toxic to their contributors. Before today, I was totally unaware of them.

I don't think I could run a Linux phone as a primary device cause I need government and banking apps that are only available to iOS or Android.

@soapdog The thing that had warmed me to them (before finding out about the toxic culture) was that it does allow you to run Android apps so you could, theoretically, run your bank app (depending on just how much of Google’s surveillance infrastructure it mandates to be present).

But, yes, my drawerful of unused Linux phones gathering dust acknowledges your point :)

@aral I remember doing something similar with Palm Pre 2 and HP Pre 3 running webOS. The Android runner worked half the time.

I am not sure we'll ever trully be able to run that stuff outside iOS or Android unless some legislation is put in place to foster it.

@soapdog Which we really should be pushing for.

It’s ridiculous that access to modern life effectively requires paying a toll to one of two trillion-dollar US corporations.