I don’t think that’s the right criteria here. Librem 5 already exists, but that alone doesn’t make it a viable daily driver.
You would need to be able to do nearly everything through the browser without installing any Android or iOS apps. About 15-20 years ago, you could live like that, but can you do that today? I would argue that you can’t, because the world has moved on. Of course, you could always sever your ties with the rest of the world and demand everything to work through a browser because you can’t install the apps everyone else depends on.
I wish it could actually happen. But corporate has learned a lot from the 90s and early 00s. They are lock in experts that won’t let that happen easily.
Hopefully, I will someday be able to buy a Linux smartphone that is truly controlled by me.
I don’t think that’s the right criteria here. Librem 5 already exists, but that alone doesn’t make it a viable daily driver.
You would need to be able to do nearly everything through the browser without installing any Android or iOS apps. About 15-20 years ago, you could live like that, but can you do that today? I would argue that you can’t, because the world has moved on. Of course, you could always sever your ties with the rest of the world and demand everything to work through a browser because you can’t install the apps everyone else depends on.
GrapheneOS with no Google play services/sim is the best experience currently available
The year of the linux phone.
I wish it could actually happen. But corporate has learned a lot from the 90s and early 00s. They are lock in experts that won’t let that happen easily.
postmarketOS has been making strides ever since Google announced they’d kill
sideloadinginstalling 3rd party apps.The list of phones is growing, I hope they get something high end up there. Current gOS is best because I want a phone with a good camera.
I’m building a cyberdeck