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

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    22 hours ago

    I have the original PinePhone lying around, it was honestly already a piece of crap when it came out. Laggy to all hell for me with horrible battery life. Maybe it’s gotten better since then, but I can’t recommend it

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      22 hours ago

      I had to re-solder my battery contacts. Ended up embedding it into a pipboy like project right after I got my first 3d printer. Its been collecting dust since.

      Really, the only thing on it I would like for anyone else to adopt is the hardware switches under the back case. Looking at you Fairphone, steal that. Given the nature of mobile design in [current year], its a wonderful piece-of-mind feature that the nerds who want/can move away from apple and google would really appreciate.