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Even with e/os/ or another u De-googled version of android?

Not directly to you but in general: I do not think (most) of Europe is going the same direction as US. I actually see a lot of hope in response to EU leaders about digital infrastructure, communication & security. we have started to stop realing on America, but it will take 10-20 years before you see the entire crash trump made

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Is Google snooping your SimpleX chats?
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GNU/Linux phones already exist. See: Librem 5 and Pinephone.
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I find it really off putting, how weak is their hardware, compared to a normal Android phone in a similar price range.
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Weak hardware can work quite well with optimized and non-bloated software (which doesn't constantly phone home). For example, maps and Youtube work smoothly on Pinephone with SXMo. See also: https://puri.sm/posts/the-danger-of-focusing-on-specs/.
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I hope so, but I just don't understand what exactly causes such massive price difference.

Is it because this kind of phones are a very niche product so they can't benefit from the economy of scale?

Maybe android phone manufacturers can get better deals from chip manufacturers because they buy chips in large quantities?

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Niche product, non-standard components, strict requirements of free drivers with GNU/Linux support: https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/
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If you like privacy without security then yeah .
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There is no security in a vacuum. Security depends on your threat model. I use Firefox with NoScript and never run untrusted apps on my Librem 5.
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