• Bogasse@lemmy.ml
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    11 hours ago

    Linux phones are moving fast but it feels like Android is moving faster on the other direction 😥

    (Yes I know Android is built over Linux, I mean more traditional and open distros like postmarketos)

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      3 hours ago

      Are they moving fast? It’s been like 18 years since the iPhone came out and there really isn’t a viable Linux phone.

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        2 hours ago

        Wasn’t the viable Linux phone Android at first? (I am younger than the iPhone so maybe I don’t really know how it was)

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          1 hour ago

          By Linux I mean “FOSS” phone. Android is based on Linux, but it is also loaded with spyware out of the box. If you’d asked me 18 years ago whether there would be a viable FOSS phone by now, I would’ve thought yes. But, postmarketOS still advertises itself as “not ready yet” and Ubuntu Touch is still pretty niche.