What will you do after Android starts restricting FOSS apps?
I mostly use apps installed from F-Droid, so I’m not sure how I’ll use the phone, except that it’s sometimes required as a contact method.
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Quite frankly im going to keep using GraphineOS, it doesn't really matter for me how much Google restricts AOSP code or sideloading. As much as I care about open source I need something secure and reliable.
I like Graphene, but I'm at the point where I would put up with less security for more freedom -- I just wouldn't put anything actually sensitive on my phone.
It's kind of silly that my phone should be an everything-device.
How much less security are you willing to accept? LineageOS is significantly worse in terms of security while PostmarketOS is even wose than LineageOS. Also its not just security but reliability.
Like desktop level. Password protected. Encryption would be nice. As for reliability, I'm willing to put up with slowdown, waiting up to a minute to open apps, and maybe 2 hard crashes a day, if it means I get a fully free phone, or at least as close to it as we get now.
Are you willing to accept being forced to use the terminal for everything? And I mean absolutely everything, even increasing or decreasing the audio during calls
Without a doubt. That's pretty minor, considering I don't think I've ever adjusted call volume in my life.
You have just perfectly described why mobile Linux is never going to take off, the mentality of "I dont personally need x feature therefore it's not important". This isnt some sort of complicated thing like nfc payment or bypassing play protect this is literally changing the audio. So many incredibly basic tasks like that require typing multiple terminal commands on mobile Linux. Even if only advanced features like system management required using the terminal it would still be too much for 99% of people (even I wouldn't use it).
Sure, but someone will without a doubt add the functionality. They always do. Seems to be the case with anything linux.
Theres a difference, some people use desktop Linux as their main desktop OS but very few people use mobile Linux (and significantly fewer use it as their main mobile os).
I'm hoping it'll be like with the desktop ecosystem -- as the mainstream mobile OSes enshittify, more people (and developers) will be driven to use (and contribute to) the linux alt.
Yeah mobile linux cant afford splintering, if its to have any chance everyone needs to back PostmarketOS because quite frankly its the only mobile Linux distro with a future