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Albeit I agree with your post to a certain degree, CalyxOS is not a hobbyist project. The Calyx Institute has a working business plan and has five full time developers. Have a look at their Annual Report: https://calyxinstitute.org/about/financials-and-annual-repor...

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So it says that ~6500 members are driving this by ponying up ~$511 annually. Interesting.

Don't they have the mobile data plan that they offer to people? Get a mobile hotspot and support an educational instituition.

Yes, and IIRC it's a reasonably priced MVNO setup with (mostly?) unlimited data. A friend of mine uses her Pixel4 with CalyxOS on google Fi but keeps a Calyx hotspot thingo around for traveling and it's been solid throughout North America at least.

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