> If you're looking for a daily driver the most reliable I've seen is the furi phone.

The Jolla C2 (SailfishOS) and Volla Phone Quintus (Ubuntu Touch) are also pretty good daily drivers, only issue is they they're only available in the EU.

Also worth keeping an eye out for the upcoming Comodore Callback (SailfishOS), which is being shipped worldwide.

Android 1.0 was able to ship to the public with binary blobs. This problem of shipping a device and getting and using binary blobs has long been solved.