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> Only Apple has achieved it. Google is close.

Debatable

Android is a solid basis for a homegrown solution. We just never had the need to build one just yet. What Google and Apple built was convenient. But it's not as irreplaceable as some might think.

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> Android is a solid basis for a homegrown solution.

Except all proprietary drivers tying you to an ancient Linux kernel and preventing upgrades of the OS.

Are these proprietary drivers owned by American or Asian companies? There are many alternatives to Qualcomm nowadays

That is not a problem of Android but of the hardware and funnily enough much of that is not produced in the US. I think we could cobble together a working phone in a short time and iterate upon that if it is necessary. Hardware has advanced sufficiently that we don't need the latest greatest to have an okay experience.

> I think we could cobble together a working phone in a short time and iterate upon that if it is necessary.

You drastically underestimate how complicated it will be. Here is one attempt: https://puri.sm/posts/breaking-ground/

I am 6alking about creating the hardware of the need should arise. Of course it will not be comparable.

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