>A semi-niche device that is also a reliable "Don't need to upgrade hardware for a decade" option definitely has its place in the market, it just won't ever exceed 5% of the market... which would place it exactly where Linux desktop is.
It won't even reach 5% of the market, when it will cost more than a mass produced cheapo Android device, be uglier, have less battery life, and take worse photos along with not being mainstream available in shops.
FOSS phones already exist, and nobody is buying them other than Linux youtube reviewers (and they aren't daily driving them either), because they cost as much as half-decent phones, while being a lot worse and not supporting the major apps that people use to communicate with normies (what people mostly use their phones for).
The amount of consumers who value a FOSS phone over everything else is a lot less than 5% of the market. It's an extremely niche market.
It won't even reach 5% of the market, when it will cost more than a mass produced cheapo Android device, be uglier, have less battery life, and take worse photos along with not being mainstream available in shops.
FOSS phones already exist, and nobody is buying them other than Linux youtube reviewers (and they aren't daily driving them either), because they cost as much as half-decent phones, while being a lot worse and not supporting the major apps that people use to communicate with normies (what people mostly use their phones for).
The amount of consumers who value a FOSS phone over everything else is a lot less than 5% of the market. It's an extremely niche market.