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Re:PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Li... by fsflover on Sunday July 25, 2021 @11:44AM (#27949996)
> yet many users that use Signal cannot even run it on their Librem 5 or PinePhone

This is really a fault of Signal, because they forbid forks and do not provide a good app for GNU/Linux phones. It's like a walled garden. I do not use Signal for this reason.

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Re:PinePhone – Open Source Smart Phone Supported by Major Li... by rvz on Sunday July 25, 2021 @01:08PM (#27950909)
So that means I can only wait for Signal to at least work and run fast enough and reliably on Anbox before recommending it to Android users who use Signal to make the switch to either of these phones.

Until then, these users are going to have to be waiting for years of improvements first before jumping onboard a product that they will see as 'unfinished' or 'sluggish' than their previous phone.

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