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I'm actually fine with my mid-range phone. (it has a 3.5mm jack and memory card tho)
My main complaint as a consumer is that its hardware is more powerful than my old potato PC, but it's being wasted on mobile apps that often lack features. Running Linux (or even Windows apps via box86/64+wine) is technically possible, but user experience is very inconvenient and issues requiring troubleshooting will inevitably arise. Also, in my case, peripherals like screens can't be attached due to hardware limitations. :(
I don't think it'll ever take off, but IMO what companies like Purism, Pinephone and Jingpad are attempting to do w/ convergence is less wasteful, even if pure mobile experience their devices provide is not very polished.
Actually, an improved Jingpad w/ a dock and better software support seems like a perfect device for my needs, as it even comes with a pressure-sensitive stylus. (it's a bit expensive IMO tho)
tl;dr: phones are getting powerful and I want an option to maybe run desktop apps when you have a separate screen and peripherals attached
I went from a midrange to a flagship phone and the difference was almost unnoticeable to me. Worst money decision. Smartphones have gotten too good, most new models are useless upgrades.
I'm planning to downgrade to a Chinese rugged phone that I put linux on. It's cool I want a good camera and decent screen/battery. Edit: Oh and need expandable storage of course.
There should be a curated awesome list on github of android apps that aren't unnecessarily resource intensive, so I could happily stop buying an even more powerful phone just because app makers want to use more resources.
Not on GitHub. Please not on GitHub.
What's bad about GitHub?
A lot. There's more reasons if you search for them.
https://www.zoobab.com/github-sucks https://www.linuxtoday.com/developer/linus-torvalds-views-on-why-github-sucks/
GitHub blocked the U.S-sanctioned countries Iran, Syria, and Crimea.
GitHub is owned by Microsoft too. M$ is trying to take control of the architecture so that they can recuperate the open source philosophy.
Damn. Is there a better alternative for collaborating with a team? The issue is that at this point it's almost a requisite for programmers to have a "github portfolio" with tons of commits.
What about Gitlab?