> You can install other OS on the phone if you want. Not with a kernel that wasn't provided by the manufacturer you can't. This massively constrains your optio

> You can install other OS on the phone if you want. Not with a kernel that wasn't provided by the manufacturer you can't. This massively constrains your options. I can pull a Debian or Ubuntu image off their website and install it on any old laptop, but for phones you need an image specifically tailored to each device, and it'll only get kernel updates as long as the manufacturer continues to provide them since they're all bespoke kernel forks per-device.