Large. Stupid. Loud. Trucks.

Aka - manbaby bullshit

You and I are in the same damn boat. I’m sorry internet friend, I wish this timeline wasn’t so fucking stupid.

Looting = shopping

In this current timeline here in the states, I can’t see any company willing to open lines of credit for mass production due to the economy and all the other shit going on. I could see a small company bootstrapped by FOSS enthusiasts/advocates trying to answer the call though.

Tech wise, if they follow in Graphene’s footsteps and figure out a particular phone brand to successfully install whatever Linux they provide (ie - Mobian). Be kinda cool to mail them an older phone that’s on their compatibility list and they charge for the install.

A smart marketing campaign to get people to switch to a new OS for that phone in the drawer might be compelling to the nontechie crowd.

We really need someone to drop a pure Linux phone here in the US. I know Graphene has figured how their gonna sidestep this, but I really feel like it’s only a matter of time until security updates or hotfixes to zero day exploits are withheld from AOSP ROMs all together.