iOS developer here and I would switch in a heartbeat but unfortunately it’s not about the OS, it’s about the software that runs on the OS.
Most devs wont build for an OS that doesn’t have an audience. And users will put up with a lot of OS junk for their apps.
So it’s gonna be up to someone to make a linux phone and use their wallet to kickstart a software ecosystem. One won’t happen without the other, at least not at the scale of Google or Apple.
Is there even one Mobile OS with full functionality that is 100% FOSS?
Functionality implies
NFC and Banking
DRM Content watching
Third party app install
Phone Calls
The default functionalities.
iOS developer here and I would switch in a heartbeat but unfortunately it’s not about the OS, it’s about the software that runs on the OS.
Most devs wont build for an OS that doesn’t have an audience. And users will put up with a lot of OS junk for their apps.
So it’s gonna be up to someone to make a linux phone and use their wallet to kickstart a software ecosystem. One won’t happen without the other, at least not at the scale of Google or Apple.
You’d need it to be able to run android apps
SailfishOS
That’s not FOSS
Is there even one Mobile OS with full functionality that is 100% FOSS? Functionality implies NFC and Banking DRM Content watching Third party app install Phone Calls The default functionalities.
True. The entire OS is not FOSS https://docs.sailfishos.org/Services/Development/Sailfish_OS_Source/
I don’t know why we can’t just build off of Android. Just build one without google play services and good alternatives.
Because Android AOSP gets cutting down by Google. They remove more features year by year and make them proprietary.
Why can’t we just maintain the older bits ourselves
The GrapheneOS dev is looking into that. We can just wait and see. Or help if we have the skillset
https://bsky.app/profile/grapheneos.org/post/3lrekg74mjc22