02-08-2023, 01:53 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-08-2023, 01:54 PM by BronzeBeard.)
I don't own a Pinephone. First, I was waiting for the keyboard. Then I waited for the keyboard and phone to be "stable and daily drivable." Then PPP came out, and I decided to wait for that. But its progress is so slow. So I'm back waiting for PP's stability to improve.
After the 3G switch off here in the US, I can't use my Blackberry anymore for email. And I need a secure, portable email/forum platform. (Phone and text are a bonus.)
These days, I am lugging around a laptop and using my wife's iPhone for tethering. (My phone doesn't support tethering, and you can't trust Google/ Prepaid shovelware-infested phones with it anyway. Apple isn't much better, but at least her phone is from a DoD contractor. So only the NSA/FBI are snooping.) I have a junker $20 android phone. It does its job. Luckily, I don't leave the house for long enough that I've screwed over any of my customers long enough to cost me big money.
PP's components worry me a little. But open source OSs, open modem firmware, etc. Go a long way toward relieving that concern.
After the 3G switch off here in the US, I can't use my Blackberry anymore for email. And I need a secure, portable email/forum platform. (Phone and text are a bonus.)
These days, I am lugging around a laptop and using my wife's iPhone for tethering. (My phone doesn't support tethering, and you can't trust Google/ Prepaid shovelware-infested phones with it anyway. Apple isn't much better, but at least her phone is from a DoD contractor. So only the NSA/FBI are snooping.) I have a junker $20 android phone. It does its job. Luckily, I don't leave the house for long enough that I've screwed over any of my customers long enough to cost me big money.
PP's components worry me a little. But open source OSs, open modem firmware, etc. Go a long way toward relieving that concern.
