I have wondered for a long time why can't we have a Kickstarter / some crowdfunding started to port Linux to ARM phones. We spend so much money on phones, if w

I have wondered for a long time why can't we have a Kickstarter / some crowdfunding started to port Linux to ARM phones. We spend so much money on phones, if we donate $1 a month for a few months and fund a few top class open source developers to do this full time whilst giving them market rate salary we can dramatically change the mobile ecosystem. If a trusted name in HN Community or the tech world starts this many would contribute and it would have network effect. Once we have Linux on mobiles, many startups would form around this ecosystem. Which would - localize jobs redistribute wealth so that Apple & Google don't get to hoard it. stop planned obsolescence which is rampant these days. create a market for open source hardware / cruelty free hardware.