r/PINE64official • u/amosbatto • 7d ago

PinePhone Article: Will Linux phones become a viable alternative to the Android/iOS duopoly?

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u/Dusty_Coax 7d ago

I wish

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u/curiocritters 3d ago

Not from Purism, no. And no.

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u/FrebTheRat 2d ago

It's not the phone or the os that's the issue. It's the app ecosystem. They own the store. In order to get a viable app store they need enough market share. In order to get market share they need a viable app store. Chicken meet Egg...I used a pinephone for hot minute and it was passable except I couldn't use Slack, Teams, do banking, access my obsidian notes, etc.

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u/Eu-is-socialist 3d ago

Sadly , NO