1) about the phone not shipping with malware
2) about the phone not working after 2 years
3) apps no longer working because the only OS vendor for your phone disagrees about something with the developer
As for what developers care about: commercial devs will avoid the pinephone and IMO that's a good thing.
Given the number of people who have no issues installing Zoom or TikTok, I'm not sure I buy that.
>2) about the phone not working after 2 years
The average consumer has to have the latest and greatest every 2 years whether the old phone still works or not.
>3) apps no longer working because the only OS vendor for your phone disagrees about something with the developer
The number of parler users willing to give up their iPhone for parler isn't even a blip on the radar. They won't even switch to android for it, why do you think they'd switch to Pine?
My experience is that my older relatives get new phones frequently because they get their old ones so malware laden that they no longer function correctly.
That and apps grind to a halt because the developers use top of the line hardware and don't notice how wasteful of resources they are being.
a) the bank app to install
b) the whatsapp or whatever "everyone my age uses that" they are using to install
c) candycrush or whatever is the trendy game of the moment to install
d) Netflix/Disney+/... app to install
I really doubt these will ever be ported to PinePhone. And then, if they were, I am sure malware would also be ported, so back to square one.