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People shouldn't joke about Linux phones because somebody might not get the joke?
On the other hand, there's a truth underlying the joke: Linux phones are only really ready for a narrow set of users. I say that as a partial member of that set: I have PostmarketOS installed on a phone. It's fun to play with, but I wouldn't like to use it an my main phone yet. I hope it gets there some day.
Okay, well there's an honest way of saying "it's not quite ready for use as a daily driver yet, but the devs are actively working towards it" (which Postmarket openly admits) and saying "It's a piece of shit, it's unusable" like the guy in the video says.
Imagine there's an election coming up and these are the two candidates in your district: "Yeah, we're going to lock you out of your houses if you don't buy our special keys from us, you can only install appliances that we approve of, and only come and go from your house to go where and when we approve." And the other guy is saying "That's bullshit, no one should have that much power over your personal choices. We're going to make sure that never happens."
And you repost a video of a "comedian" trashing the second candidate because he was a bartender in college, or he wears tan suits, or eats dijon mustard, or laughs funny.
Do you see the issue?