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This is not as simple as you're saying. Making a new phone not relying on proprietary drivers tied to Android is impossible without a huge effort: https://news.

by fsflover 11mo ago

This is not as simple as you're saying. Making a new phone not relying on proprietary drivers tied to Android is impossible without a huge effort: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21656355 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21656355

immibis 11mo ago
Obviously you'd only choose hardware that works the way you want it to.
- fsflover 11mo ago
  Hardware relying on free drivers is almost non-existent in the mobile world. There is nothing to choose from, obviously.
  - immibis 11mo ago
    Then aim for freely distributable drivers. You can share copies of Raspbian, so it seems possible.
    - fsflover 11mo ago
      Then your hardware will turn into e-waste as soon as the vendor decides so and stops updating the drivers.
    - butvacuum 11mo ago
      You mean the Linux distro that exists because it needs to contain broadcom drivers/blobs/etc that are under NDA?