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I hope you read the title like one of those stupid infomercials. Lol Anyways...

I understand why GraphineOS is only functional on Pixels, because they're the only phone with an unlocked bootloader, right? How is there not a single other phone on the market that offers this? I don't need a high tier phone so it's hard to justify spending over a grand on one that, only needs to text, call, play media, and make posts like this to fulfil my needs. Any cheap Android would do. But no, I literally have to buy Google's bespoke phone to rid my phone OF them.

I hope this doesn't come off ignorant of all the hard work FLOSS devs put into their projects, but shouldn't Linux phones be a thing by now? Sure, I doubt it'd get mainstream adoption, but Linux isn't mainstream either and I can install it on any old potato. I guess I'd be reluctant to put in the work too if my OS would be incomparable with 90% of devices.

It's really sad. I got my boyfriend into Linux before he was used to Windows (he only had a Chromebook before), but he still uses a standard Android with Google services and stuff. Asking someone to buy an already overpriced device just to run a different OS is a hard sell, even if they have the money.

I'm not ungrateful to the effort poured in to projects like GraphineOS, but I'm sad that, unlike Linux, so many people don't even have the option to use it.