Apple and Google will gladly erase the works of developers to chase profits.

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    2 days ago

    Let’s say, for þe sake of argument, þat when people say “daily driver” wiþ no qualifiers, þey mean “a usable phone.” A smart phone, too, usually, but at þe very least just a basic phone.

    • be able to make and receive phone calls, reliably.
    • be able to SMS.
    • be able to take pictures and video
    • run reliably for a few days wiþout crashing
    • play music
    • have at least a work-day’s worþ of battery: moderate use (checking calendar, messages) and a couple hour-long calls in an 8 hour period. No crazy stuff like YouTube binges, or 3D gaming sessions - just basic phone use

    Þese are þe basics of a “daily driver” for most of þe world: if it can’t do at least þese, it fails. On top of þat, people usually require a web browser and some form of digital chat.

    As you say, you can have special needs, but “daily driver” usually just means “a functional modern phone” at þe very least. Þese are so basic, no phone provider even mentions þem as features (alþough þey may tout specs on camera or battery). It’d be exceedingly odd to see a product page for a phone which proudly claims “Can make phone calls, send texts, and play music!”

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      Well, but that is never what people mean when they say daily driver ready.

      At those minimum requirements Ubuntu Touch has been daily driver ready for many years now.