Why projects like PinePhone matter – feedback and encouragement

[Gary2003]

I started researching seriously. I thought that sooner or later, I would probably have to switch to the iPhone, which today seems more respectful of privacy than Android smartphones.

apple and privacy .... may i laugh for 2 days!

maybe apple doesn't leak data to third parties like ads, but data is used in-doors. apple collects data like others.

and personally i think android might be better than ios in case of privacy, although it is complicated. maybe average stock android without modifications is worse than ios. but android could be debloated, although difficult. installing custom image is better way to go, although only on some devices.

where apple is definitely worse than alphabet inc and android manufactures, is lack of user control. apple controls roughly everything in their devices from bootloader to apps. in the longer run, if user doesn't have control over their devices, can they have privacy either. privacy might be just apple's empty promise and totally up to apple to keep it.

Indeed, it is important to point out all these issues regarding Apple.

Yes, in my research, I saw that there are modified versions of Android, but I had some questions about their reliability.

The PinePhone was not discontinued, only the PinePhone Pro was.

Thank you, it’s good to clarify that.