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Thankfully, Linux phones are becoming more and more viable as a daily-driver. We just need more folks to start using them.

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> We just need more folks to start using them.

I would if I could. Which non-Android Linux phone can I buy here in Brazil? Importing from outside Brazil doesn't count unless it has ANATEL certification, customs rejects any non-certified phone.

If not for online banking I probably wouldn't even have a smartphone, however none of my banks supports anything other than recent androids. I feel stuck

then look for alternatives to banking itself! that impulse will shape the world even more.

Primarily, that would be cash.

pieces of paper is certainly better than bank database entries, but it's still fundamentally the same game: you need to work for something that they can print.

I wish it were that easy. But you get constantly flagged, questioned and banned from things if you don't play the traditional banking rules.

I am trying, that's why I know

You do not get banned from things for paying cash.

You cannot pay cash for MANY things I consider a requirement these days. Ex internet, health care, mobile access, ...

None of these in my country support crypto either. Well for mobile maybe.

I just need a phone which can call triple zero in Australia, I all not yet aware of any.

Fair point, but we still need people (like Linux enthusiasts) in Australia to buy these phones and complain to the manufacturer to add support for any missing features needed for 000, and work with the carriers to whitelist the devices. If no one buys these devices in the first place and no one complains about it, Linux phone makers would have little incentive to resolve the issue.

Maybe the Aussie Linux users could get together and work together with Linux Australia[1] to act as an intermediary and work something out.

[1] https://linux.org.au/

The crap part is a lot of niche phones got banned because you need to prove it can call triple zero not by default, so it'll be a real pain, and carriers don't really care.

I don't believe Linux Australia is the first port of call. Rather, conferences/meetups that are supported by Linux Australia would be the way to go. Basically, it needs to be very grassroots, and start with (capable) people who are genuinely interested in this and not distracted by other things that are a waste of attention. Any other strategy will likely be even more difficult and less likely to take fruition.

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