I have used linux here and there over the years and more recently this year started using linux more regularly as I am making moves towards a total privacy wall (ideally). I am still very much a newbie when it comes to a lot of things. I can do most of the basic functions and build an environment and such, but I am no coder. I really don’t know much at all about the other mobile OS’s. I just wanted to preface my experience before this response. I agree with what you’ve said here to the best of my knowledge. The community and software definitely needs to get to a theoretical “tipping point” to where there is enough already developed, and a large enough community to keep the ball rolling so to speak, and get support from bigger organizations. But again, I do not see Purism stopping anytime soon unless they go bankrupt for some reason, or they don’t sell enough Librem devices because it never became widely accepted in mainstream, or by privacy enthusiasts. All of their devices (to my knowledge) are using the same basic OS; Only difference being hardware support/config. Purism absolutely has to support the OS for the company, and products to survive IMO.
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