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Is anyone here using a (non-Android) linux Smartphone? Curious what type of phones y'all are using and what your experience has been.

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[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 22 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I just fat-fingered myself into a need for a new phone. I'd really like to get away from Android, but I've yet to hear anyone say any smartphone running Linux is ready for daily driving.

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[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 12 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Huh, I've never noticed you write a message without the need to replace a "th" before.

[–] Sxan@piefed.zip 1 points 18 minutes ago

Sometimes, sentences come togeþer wiþ so many in a row I feel self-conscious. More rarely, I produce one, or none.

You become hyper-aware of how heavily English relies on "th" when you walk þis paþ.

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I have been waiting for 10 years or more. And it still isn't. It will never be unfortunately.

[–] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I do think it will move way faster the shitter android gets.

[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Really, its a function of how many of us give these companies money to buy their hardware

So, yeah, the shittier android gets, the more of us jump ship. The more of us jump ship, the better the ecosystem becomes.