[jolmg]

> in fact, no device at all is reported as having a fully functioning camera, let alone everything else

I wish usb cameras were sold in the same form-factor as phone thermal cameras. Then the missing drivers for the built-in cameras wouldn't matter as much.

[franga2000]

I doubt the market is nig enough, but I know at least a few people who I'm sure would buy a phone that was actually as thin as the new iPhone Mini pretends to be without the camera bump, then have a USB C camera attachment for the rare occasion they need to take a photo.

[IshKebab]

Not many people want to have to have an extra camera plugged into their phone because the built in ones don't work. HN sometimes...

[nine_k]

No: this would allow such cameras to be internally connected to a custom-built phone via USB, but without the connector, oor using a tiny connector. Think Framework laptop peripherals, only built-in

[IshKebab]

"I wish usb cameras were sold in the same form-factor as phone thermal cameras."

[nine_k]

Once you have the camera-controlling binary blob separated in an MCU behind a USB interface, you can run a modern kernel (maybe not even Linux), without running the binary blob in it.