<story><title>Is there hope for Linux on smartphones? [video]</title><url>https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2022-2797-is_there_hope_for_linux_on_smartphones</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_carbyau_</author><text>&amp;quot;the ID monopoly and Payment monopoly refuse to support other operating systems&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is my issue. I am commonly hearing people ask &amp;quot;What are you, iOS or Android?&amp;quot; - IE as if it is inherent to the person themselves and there are only two choices.&lt;p&gt;This is scary. I love the idea of having an alternative to iOS and Android. But I also need to function within society. This shouldn&amp;#x27;t be a choice.</text></item><item><author>z3t4</author><text>Nokia had Linux on their smartphone until Microsoft bought them and stopped everything, they even shut down the app store. The OS was called MeeGo. Part of the Nokia team however started their own company called Jolla and still produce smartphones running Linux, they call their OS Sailfish. (ignoring the fact that Android also uses the Linux kernel).&lt;p&gt;The problem with alternative phone OS:es is that in the country I live you must have either an iPhone or and Android phone because the ID monopoly and Payment monopoly refuse to support other operating systems...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>preisschild</author><text>Even a non-popular Android isn&amp;#x27;t a choice for govmt e-id.&lt;p&gt;I use a hardened Android distro (GrapheneOS) on my phone. Even with a locked bootloader and no root my countries (austria) e-government app and my banking app blocks me due to a &amp;quot;integrity check&amp;quot; failing.</text></comment>
<story><title>Is there hope for Linux on smartphones? [video]</title><url>https://media.ccc.de/v/froscon2022-2797-is_there_hope_for_linux_on_smartphones</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>_carbyau_</author><text>&amp;quot;the ID monopoly and Payment monopoly refuse to support other operating systems&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;This is my issue. I am commonly hearing people ask &amp;quot;What are you, iOS or Android?&amp;quot; - IE as if it is inherent to the person themselves and there are only two choices.&lt;p&gt;This is scary. I love the idea of having an alternative to iOS and Android. But I also need to function within society. This shouldn&amp;#x27;t be a choice.</text></item><item><author>z3t4</author><text>Nokia had Linux on their smartphone until Microsoft bought them and stopped everything, they even shut down the app store. The OS was called MeeGo. Part of the Nokia team however started their own company called Jolla and still produce smartphones running Linux, they call their OS Sailfish. (ignoring the fact that Android also uses the Linux kernel).&lt;p&gt;The problem with alternative phone OS:es is that in the country I live you must have either an iPhone or and Android phone because the ID monopoly and Payment monopoly refuse to support other operating systems...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>3np</author><text>Fortunately, we don&amp;#x27;t have the government handing out free handset so opting out is still a legal right and a practically realistic option. My concern is that if few enough people do so, this will no longer be the case for long.</text></comment>