> Why not add the missing features you need to Pinephone? It just requires writing software. No, it does not "just" require writing software. - Potentially wr

> Why not add the missing features you need to Pinephone? It just requires writing software. No, it does not "just" require writing software. - Potentially writing software and reverse engineering will allow me to message people on their required messaging platforms. Matrix is getting there. Maemo on Nokia N900 was excellent at this, but that was a different time; messaging has become more complicated since then. But, though I'm a fine software engineer, it is not feasible to write software to provide all the features I defined as essential in a modern phone: - No amount of writing software will allow me to access my bank account, which requires an Android or iOS app on an unjailbroken device to the best of my knowledge. No, a web browser does not work, it must be the app (crazy but true). Yes I could reverse engineer and crack the existing app to port it, but that would be foolish given the application. As I said, I would love to be proven wrong on this. Obviously I could switch banks, although that's not without its own difficulties and arguably if I have to switch banks, the new device doesn't meet my definition of a modern phone. The problem is not a software-writing problem. This is what I meant by Microsoft couldn't do it. Even though Windows phone was pretty good, it wasn't enough to be pretty good. It needed the essential apps that only 3rd parties could write, and not enough 3rd parties decided to write them. That was not in Microsofts locus of control, just as it isn't in mine. Eventually things may change, if Pinephone and its relatives become more popular or if fashions change. But not at the moment. At the moment, if I got one I would need to carry two devices. (I had two Nokia N900s btw, I'm no stranger to open source phones.)