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I’m seriously considering ditching my iPhones for any Nokia dumb phone. But what we really need is a mobile OS that is really free with no marketing BS, ideally

I’m seriously considering ditching my iPhones for any Nokia dumb phone. But what we really need is a mobile OS that is really free with no marketing BS, ideally BSD derived.

unnouinceput 6y ago
You mean Ubuntu touch?
teddyh 6y ago
Like this one? https://pureos.net/ https://pureos.net/ Running on a phone: https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-5/
- tpxl 6y ago
  Pinephone for a cheaper, less performant alternative: https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephone/?v=0446c16e2e66 https://pine64.com/product-category/pinephone/?v=0446c16e2e6...
  - zepto 6y ago
    Unfortunately (since otherwise I’d be using one) both are unusable as practical replacements for Android or iOS.
    - tpxl 6y ago
      Once calls/texts work with 100% reliability and it isn't slow as hell I'm going all in :)
      - zepto 6y ago
        Yeah - I don’t even care about calls that much. Texts, not slow as hell, decent battery life, would do it for me.