Hi @PrivateWhite, I have no “absolute and unquestioning loyalty to Purism”. I perfectly understand that they deceived their customers by changing the refund policy and that they almost always delay shipments. However, as @amosbatto explained, they are practically our only hope to get a long-term supported usable Linux phone in this decade. I’ve seen enough reviews of it and believe that it’s real and can be my daily driver even now. People like us should drive the change, so later ordinary people don’t have to forever obey the Apple and Google lords. Their convertible notes campaign started with $2,500,000, because, by the law, they must tell how much money they collected beforehand. It was discussed here on the forums, too.
Just consider, which alternatives we have. Lenovo for Linux laptops, who sold the privacy and security of its customers by infecting its BIOS? Or Apple, who is adding spying software on people’s phones in the next update? I’m not even speaking about Google.
I do have a strong loyalty to free software and freedom in general though, which are strongly supported by Purism.