I'm cautiously hopeful (though not particularly confident) about Jolla trying again with their new phone running SailfishOS. I'm pretty tempted to pre-order one

I'm cautiously hopeful (though not particularly confident) about Jolla trying again with their new phone running SailfishOS. I'm pretty tempted to pre-order one even if I know it likely won't be my daily driver. For me, the two main blockers are camera quality, and access to banking apps. I'm in an awkward spot where I really value having as good as possible a camera on my smartphone, but I don't value camera quality so much that I'd be willing to carry around a separate device for it. Regarding banking apps, I think this is something the EU is going to have to step in on if they want a non-America dependant phone ecosystem to grow in Europe. My vague understanding is that EU regulations basically require banks to implement 2FA where the requirements are strict enough that most banks just let Apple and Google handle it, and give zero option for alternative authentication. If the EU wants to loosen Apple and Google's hold, they're going to have to come up with a way to get citizens without Apple/Google phones to access their banks online.