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Daily driving a Linux phone, but why?
April 24, 2025 As a follow-up to a post describing what would be involved for me to daily drive a Linux phone, you could wonder why this would in any way be better than Android. After all, an Android phone will still be needed and remain charged, even though I won’t need to carry it around.
Many will point out that a Linux phone is less secure than Android or iOS, but that highly depends on your personal threat model. Linux phones and their apps are all open-source and do not depend on ads or surveillance to sustain some nefarious business model, which means there is much privacy to be won. The PinePhone Pro fast enough to have Firefox play videos or music without interruption, and the navigation and running apps have no problem keeping up with me.
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