There's a stark economic difference in producing hardware versus software. A single person fueled with nothing but instant noodles and energy drinks can produce

There's a stark economic difference in producing hardware versus software. A single person fueled with nothing but instant noodles and energy drinks can produce software that changes the world. There's no significant upfront costs and lots of room for mistakes. Libre hardware can only work if there is strong and stable demand from users, and those users need to adjust their expectations. Writing long-winded critical blog-posts, burdening Purism with refunds and investigations on formalities unrelated to the phone - that isn't going to help. If anything, it's poisoning the well. It should be obvious that most companies aren't interested in pandering to FOSS-enthusiasts.