> I will be the first to criticise the fact that Pine seems to be increasingly leaning on the community to produce working software/firmware for their products
Isn't this a double standard? Linux is most commonly used on PCs and i do not think that PC/mainboard manufacturers are big into producing Linux (or other) OS/software for their products, they left it on wider ecosystem.
Pine64 just use the same approach that use PC/mainboard manufacturers, instead of 'consumer appliance' approach that use phone manufacturers.
PC/Mainboard manufacturers absolutely do create drivers and utility applications for their products, for Windows and Mac. The OS provides the rest of the functionality.
The issue with Pine64 economics is that such an OS doesn't exist yet, at least on their phones. What good are drivers if there's no dialer app available, for instance?
Are any of these usable as a daily driver, and at least 90% as reliable as mainstream phones when it comes to placing/receiving calls, ringing, and notifying about new SMS messages?
Isn't this a double standard? Linux is most commonly used on PCs and i do not think that PC/mainboard manufacturers are big into producing Linux (or other) OS/software for their products, they left it on wider ecosystem.
Pine64 just use the same approach that use PC/mainboard manufacturers, instead of 'consumer appliance' approach that use phone manufacturers.