Shame on pinephone
The Etcher problem has nothing to do with the Pinephone.
It's like street lights not turning on at night, and putting the blame on your car.
That aside, a Pinephone is not an iPhone.
You literally only buy the platform, the software side is up to the Linux community to make.
And that's exactly the whole point of the Pinephone and Pinebook Pro too.
So obviously there's no quality control on the software side.
Before you tell me about Android, most Android phone makers put their own bells and whistles into the OS, and probably drivers too.
These phone makers are responsible for all those extras, but not the OS itself.
There's no such thing as "the OS done/created by Linux", Linux is neither a company nor a person.
Linux phones are never meant to compete with Android and iOS, just like how Linux and BSD PCs are never meant to compete with Windows and macOS.
Linux has always been the free hobbyist project that exists as an option for enthusiasts.
There have been other companies over the past decade that tried to compete with Android and iOS, like Microsoft (Windows Phone), Mozilla (Firefox OS), Samsung (Tizen), Canonical (Ubuntu Touch), and Jolla (Sailfish OS), they all got droned down before they even got attention.
Why? They all wanted to become yet another mainstream OS for everyone, and they all wanted to compete with Android and iOS, and Big Tech hates competition.
Linux on the other hand is still a niche in many aspects, which is really the only way projects like these can exist.
So if you don't know how to work with it, then this is just not a phone for you.
I hope this helps.
It's like street lights not turning on at night, and putting the blame on your car.
That aside, a Pinephone is not an iPhone.
You literally only buy the platform, the software side is up to the Linux community to make.
And that's exactly the whole point of the Pinephone and Pinebook Pro too.
So obviously there's no quality control on the software side.
Before you tell me about Android, most Android phone makers put their own bells and whistles into the OS, and probably drivers too.
These phone makers are responsible for all those extras, but not the OS itself.
There's no such thing as "the OS done/created by Linux", Linux is neither a company nor a person.
Linux phones are never meant to compete with Android and iOS, just like how Linux and BSD PCs are never meant to compete with Windows and macOS.
Linux has always been the free hobbyist project that exists as an option for enthusiasts.
There have been other companies over the past decade that tried to compete with Android and iOS, like Microsoft (Windows Phone), Mozilla (Firefox OS), Samsung (Tizen), Canonical (Ubuntu Touch), and Jolla (Sailfish OS), they all got droned down before they even got attention.
Why? They all wanted to become yet another mainstream OS for everyone, and they all wanted to compete with Android and iOS, and Big Tech hates competition.
Linux on the other hand is still a niche in many aspects, which is really the only way projects like these can exist.
So if you don't know how to work with it, then this is just not a phone for you.
I hope this helps.
母語は日本語ですが、英語も喋れます（ｒｙ