[lenerdenator]

Honestly, at least for me, it doesn't have to run those things. It has to run a private browser and Signal, and it needs to run on easy-to-obtain smartphone hardware with no dependency on anyone's app store. I would hope that is at least somewhat doable.

I have no delusions about there ever being a year of the GNU/Linux smartphone. Google will make damn sure that never happens, like you say.

EDIT:

I should say, I see this being a "second" device. Something to use when you don't want someone generating profit off of your data.