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It’s already a difficult to convince people to use signal instead of WhatsApp, FB messenger, iMessage, etc… if it requires a new phone with sideloaded software etc, I won’t have many people to text anymore.

I just gave up on smartphones altogether. It is much easier to make a laptop/desktop private instead and limit your private messaging and activities to it.

But that doesn't fit in a pocket.

Keeping stuff in pockets is overrated. There are ridiculously small portable laptops though.

https://www.gpd.hk/gpdmicropc

This Is The Way.

Bonus: you get a real keyboard.

However 2FA. They're making it hard to not have a phone

I have a separate KeepassXC database for 2FA. I guess my life experience is limited, but I am yet to encounter cases when this would be outright required. The closest one was Steam, but I used an Android VM for this.

What phones on the market have open source hardware?