The more I interact with both Android and iOS - the less I want to live in that world. I'm tired of products changing underneath me because
"our metrics indicate that [insert ui change here] creates a 1.7% increase in user conversion from unpaid to paid seats"
or
"our metrics indicate that [feature] is heavily used by our most active paying customers, but most new subscribers don't use it at all - we need to push [feature] in their face so they become very active paying customers like the current users of [feature]!"
or
"Do you want to hear about all our products? I know you paid for no ads, but we're not showing you an ad - just a promotion that lets you know that there's a new product that we've just released. Also - Did I mention that our partners have also released a new product that we'll be promoting to you in just a moment! Isn't that great! Also - these aren't ads."
And it's EVERYWHERE in those ecosystems, even in the companies that aren't blatantly disregarding your privacy for their own profit by just directly selling your data wholesale to the highest bidder.
So at least for me, I really REALLY want something open source and usable in the phone sized device space.
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All that said - I have a pinephone, and it isn't there yet for me. But it's tantalizingly close.
Well, I on the other hand was convinced, that I want one, as soon as it is stable and out of alpha.
I am just getting sceptical, if that ever will happen. I know that I am also not helping for it to happen, but sorry, I had my share of weird linux driver issues.
The more I interact with both Android and iOS - the less I want to live in that world. I'm tired of products changing underneath me because
"our metrics indicate that [insert ui change here] creates a 1.7% increase in user conversion from unpaid to paid seats"
or
"our metrics indicate that [feature] is heavily used by our most active paying customers, but most new subscribers don't use it at all - we need to push [feature] in their face so they become very active paying customers like the current users of [feature]!"
or
"Do you want to hear about all our products? I know you paid for no ads, but we're not showing you an ad - just a promotion that lets you know that there's a new product that we've just released. Also - Did I mention that our partners have also released a new product that we'll be promoting to you in just a moment! Isn't that great! Also - these aren't ads."
And it's EVERYWHERE in those ecosystems, even in the companies that aren't blatantly disregarding your privacy for their own profit by just directly selling your data wholesale to the highest bidder.
So at least for me, I really REALLY want something open source and usable in the phone sized device space.
---
All that said - I have a pinephone, and it isn't there yet for me. But it's tantalizingly close.