Lock screen ads are a popular way for mid- and low-budget smartphone makers to subsidize costs, but Americans have largely been able to avoid them until now. Get ready for that to change.
Linux phones are still a long ways out. I daily drove a PinePhone with Arch for roughly 2 years, honestly wouldn’t recommend.
There are some pretty neat custom ROM’s. The peak is still GrapheneOS, which for now requires Google Pixel devices. DivestOS (RIP) was really good, and supported a ton of devices. The other ROM’s tend to be less good, for a variety of reasons.
Linux phones are still a long ways out. I daily drove a PinePhone with Arch for roughly 2 years, honestly wouldn’t recommend.
There are some pretty neat custom ROM’s. The peak is still GrapheneOS, which for now requires Google Pixel devices. DivestOS (RIP) was really good, and supported a ton of devices. The other ROM’s tend to be less good, for a variety of reasons.