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>>wicket+(OP)
Linux phones are useless for common people until they can run government and bank apps.

>>akagus+l4
I don't agree. They're useless until they can call, text, and do video / camera reliably. With enough adoption, the rest will come, but they won't ever get adoption without nailing those basics.

>>christ+95
Adoption will come only and only with essential apps people use every day.

>>akagus+t7
And those apps get developed only if there are enough users. Catch 22.

Microsoft didn't manage to make Windows Phone a viable competitor against Android & iOS, and they're about an order of magnitude bigger than any Linux-focused company. I hope the conditions shift and an open phone OS can take off, but I don't know what would enable it.