- cross-posted to:
- linuxphones@lemmy.ca
- cross-posted to:
- linuxphones@lemmy.ca
Since Android is becoming increasingly more locked down and slopped, I’m jumping ship.
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Too bad it’s Sailfish
What’s wrong with SailfishOS?
There were (are?) some non-free proprietary parts to it, along with a subscription to emulate android apps. As far ad I know they were slowly open sourcing more and more of the special sauces.
But also according to many users on their forum, it has been a very mediocre to bad experience for many people such that many or most people who use sailfish do so while having to carry a second phone to access basic functions like receiving calls or GPS navigation or similar, which personally defeats the purpose for me.
I am really hoping their new 2026 phone is a complete turnaround and a great experience because we desperately need a daily driver Linux phones.
Lol, ok so its basically crap for now. Good to know, thanks!
Ordered it in the First batch. They said that the Android App Support is going to be subscription-free for this one, so that’s a plus I guess. Also, calls and texts will be the first for me to try. If they don’t work, then it will be a return.
Closed source
Should we tell him?
it’s become sort of like a “death by a thousand papercuts” situation.
That’s the plan. At least since Kitkat (4.4).
I’ve been thinking about this for years
You wanna try Communist Huawei’s Eavesdropping-oriented OS - Harmony?
Has anyone kept up with the original PinePhone / what the most up to date ditros are for it? I have one laying around and would love to get something newer on there as I currently have a very old build of Mobian. Much like the author, I’m really not liking the direction Google has been heading and the experience gets more miserable by the day
