Android is opensource, and is technically really great. There is a great opensource community of people that are very capable in this area, and supports already the vast majority of devices in the world.
You only need to get rid of Google. Which many custom Android provide. Personally my smartphone is a Pixel 5 (IMO best smartphone currently available that fit in a hand), running Android, without any Google application. I'm very happy with it, and from what I discussed with Pinephone users, it's lightyears more usable than what exists for Pinephone.
Android is opensource, and is technically really great. There is a great opensource community of people that are very capable in this area, and supports already the vast majority of devices in the world.
You only need to get rid of Google. Which many custom Android provide. Personally my smartphone is a Pixel 5 (IMO best smartphone currently available that fit in a hand), running Android, without any Google application. I'm very happy with it, and from what I discussed with Pinephone users, it's lightyears more usable than what exists for Pinephone.