I'm using a pinephone, and contrary to most people, it's actually my "daily driver". This was made possible mainly because I have prepared for about a year for

I'm using a pinephone, and contrary to most people, it's actually my "daily driver". This was made possible mainly because I have prepared for about a year for GNU/linux phones (thinking of the librem5 at the time) by replacing all my commonly used apps with similar webapps. All in all, I don't have an advanced usage of my phone, so it may be what makes it possible to use the pinephone. I don't commute (no need for maps, games, durable battery), I don't often take pictures, my only real need for my phone is the hotspot (because it's my only internet connection) and calls/messaging. The pinephone is extremely cheap hardware and it can be felt. Opening firefox takes a good 10 seconds, and browsing with it is a pain. Gladly, GNU/linux is very good at running on poor hardware. I just replaced the browser with elinks, which I run through tor, just like on my laptop, and it does the job. Lollypop works well to listen to music while I'm out. Calls and text messages are good enough. The real cool thing, though, is how hackable it is. After a few months with the phone, I've played a lot around the idea : how to make apps that doesn't use much power? Because, the battery is very bad. And a few months after, my answer has been to build C applications that runs as CGI apps with html static interface rendered by nginx (the idea being to only run the program when I need it rather than constantly as a daemon). This is absurd, this is fun, I love it. So, as far as I'm concerned, GNU/linux phones are validated. Now I'll want something with better hardware, so I'll wait for the librem5 to see if it delivers, then switch to it if it does. EDIT: oh, I forgot to mention a step, it must not be clear that way : I made webapps on the phone rather than GTK apps, because that way I can use the apps from my laptop, using the IP address of the phone on the local network.