Hendrik,
Please excuse my intrusion of your thread :-)
Have you considered LineageOS? I have been using it for several years
and it works fine. It runs the latest FOSS andriod and it does not have
any google anything on it. So unless you absolutely need them then
LineageOS might be a good alternative. I was able to install on my
motorola G7 but there are hundreds of phones you can install on with
instructions on the website. Heck, if I can do it as a non-techie
anyone can do it :-)
Lineageos.org
Alternatively Rob Brazman sells de-googled phones for between $300-$600
last time I looked.
brax.me

Cheers!
Charles



On Sun, 2022-11-06 at 07:52 -0500, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 08:06:41PM -0400, Steve Litt wrote:
> > Hendrik Boom said on Sat, 5 Nov 2022 13:27:05 -0400
> >
> > > On Sat, Nov 05, 2022 at 10:04:17AM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > There will be if people go on buying their computers from
> > > Linux-enthusiastc companies.
> >
> > Unfortunately, System76 and the other Linux-installed computers are
> > twice the price for the same hardware. I'm willing to take one for
> > the
> > team, but double? No.
>
> I noticed this when I bought my Purism laptop.
>
> I was *not* about to spend good money on a laptop
> and discover it was locked down to Windows.
>
> Now I'm encountering the same issue with replacing my Android phone.
>
> Looking at Pinephone and the Purism phone.  Purism phone manufactured
> in the USA was about $2000 last time I looked.  or a ower proce I
> could order one made in China for a mere $1200 or so, but delivery
> time was listed as 52 weeks.
>
> Pinephone was notieably cheaper -- some models an order ot magnitude
> cheaper.
>
> -- hendrik
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