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Can it run Linux? Because if it runs any fascism-tech from Google it’s a non-starter
What are you using right now because every Linux phone I've ever seen has been an unfinished working program that isn't commercially ready.
If you want to use it as your primary device, you may be locked out of using specific security focused apps such as banking apps.
Mobile banking is probably the only reason I'm still on Android
Isn’t Android Linux? That was the trench defended when I last checked a few years ago.
Android uses a modified version of the Linux kernel.