The PinePhone (Pro) and its ecosystem looks promising, no? I'd say we're closer than ever to it being a capable daily driver, certainly by the next iteration.
Note that the Librem 5 is practically a scam. There are still people who ordered in 2017 who have not received their phone. Requesting a refund takes hundreds of days to be issued.
That thread is backing up what I said. 4 days ago someone from the original crowdfunding campaign in 2017 is being shipped his Librem 5. If someone were to order a Librem 5 today (for $1200, double what people in 2017 paid) they too may have to wait years to get it.
>Did you hear about supply chain problems in CPUs?
Purism had years to procure the CPUs they needed.
>Every time Purism can get the CPUs, they deliver another bunch of the phones.
Sure, but the amount they are able to make is not enough. Purism's timeline constantly slips. Your money is stuck in an interest free loan to Purism that they won't let you get out of. It is not hard to find people complaining about not getting refunds or refunds taking hundreds of days to go through. It seems like they want to get as much money as possible while delivering as few phones as possible. This may not be their intention, but this is what it feels like to a lot of people.
I mean regardless of what the reason is, a 5 year delay is a 5 year delay, and if the refund process isn't near-perfect, I would call that scummy at the very least.