This is a typical problem with the proprietary apps: they can dictate you how you must run them. Not a fault of Pinephone. By the way, Librem 5 is significantly faster.
Haha, you're right about that. It's the only method of communication with many people and businesses around here. Which puts it roughly in on a par with the old-school phone network, except that has an oligopoly of spyware companies.