Comment by xandrius
6 hours ago
Check UbuntuTouch, it's really a nice third option. The OS is refreshing and the dev community active.
We do not have to choose the lesser of two evils this time.
6 hours ago
Check UbuntuTouch, it's really a nice third option. The OS is refreshing and the dev community active.
We do not have to choose the lesser of two evils this time.
I glanced at Ubuntu Touch, but its device compatibility looked severely lacking (https://devices.ubuntu-touch.io/).... I have old Pixel phones I could potentially try it out on, but the last Pixel phone that is officially supported is the 3a. So that is a bummer.
Device compatibility is not a feature occurred naturally, it's the result of people wanting and then working to get it supported.
So, if you're interested in adding more devices, join the community and see what you can do!
"Refreshing" is an interesting adjective to use. I don't want a refreshing OS. I want a rock stable OS that sips battery.
There are so many ways one can go about telling people that Android and iOS are not the only viable options for a mobile OS.
If an adjective is sufficient to make you fall back to the mean then there wasn't much one can do to convince you, I'm afraid.
I wonder if banking and messaging apps will work on it in the future
Re: banking, not until adoption of non-Android and non-iOS devices grows. To break this chicken and egg problem, one can get an Android phone and use it exclusively for the banking app, treating it like one of those hardware security keys the banks used to give out in the early 2010s. One used to just leave it at home; maybe take it to work occasionally. Another option is to live like the early 2000s and go to an ATM/bank for all bank things, including account consultation.
Or use the banks website from a computer? Which banks do not allow this?
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Yeah... Does it support WhatsApp? If not that's a deal-breaker in most of the world.
Using Waydroid, you can run many/most Android apps unmodified.
So, yes, it's possible :)
Most of the world loves being shackled by a Meta product for some reason. The allegiance to WhatsApp is mindbending.
Free unlimited global text messaging in a time when people with very low incomes dealt with very low limits or per-message fees.
Much of the love was built before Facebook took it over.
Signal desperately needs "Signal for Business".
Sell a way for businesses to send trusted communications to their customers in sensitive industries - i.e. healthcare would be a big one.
They need both an actual revenue stream, but also that sort of professional messaging can drive adoption which ultimately furthers the Signal mission.
Plus all those things could desperately use good secure messaging systems.
WhatsApp works with your phone number. If you have someone's number, you have their WhatsApp. And since basic text messaging is terrible and RCS still isn't universal, WhatsApp is used.