[AnthonyMouse]

> All the killer apps are already released for those platforms, trying something new won't give the essentials to communicate with others and participate in society as of today.

I don't know about that. What's left are the things the existing platforms won't give you.

Example: uBlock, but for apps. Runs the app in a container and blocks network requests to tracking servers, or otherwise modifies the app to remove misfeatures. Think: Game Genie for social media apps.

The problem is you don't just need the killer app, you also need all of the existing apps, and hardware to run it on. So the real problem is you need your new system to be able to do that, but simultaneously be able to run common Android apps on common Android hardware.

[plaidphantom]

For those who don't know, DuckDuckGo provides an app tracking blocker for Android that implements itself as an on-device pseudo-VPN and blocks known tracking services. No containerization/sandboxing, but it's a start.

https://spreadprivacy.com/introducing-app-tracking-protectio...

[CalRobert]

I switched from Android to iphone a few months ago because I'm an idiot, and I was really disappointed to find there's apparently no way to set up an ssh tunnel in to my server so I can go to localhost:3000 and check out dagster from my iphone.

10+ years ago I had an HTC touch pro 2 with Lineage OS and I miss it dearly. Amazing hardware keyboard, linux in my pocket, no BS. And that phone originally ran Windows Mobile, funny enough.

[trenchgun]

You can do it, just need third party app

[CalRobert]

Seems like it’s limited to ten minutes max in background by iOS