> 1. Vote with your feet - Put your money in the pockets of the people aligned to your values.
The sad reality right now is that we're actively suggesting that peoples stop buying smart phones, and I think that would mean that any argument will fall on deaf ears. Yes, projects like the PinePhone exists, but they aren't ready for the general public.
As much as I agree with your comment, the sad reality is that I have to pick between Apple and Google. Of those two companies I still trust Apple significantly more.
Pixel phones + GrapheneOS/CalyxOS.
Various phones + LineageOS.
Various devices + SailfishOS.
Librem 5.
PinePhone.
Fairphone.
/e/.
F(x)Tec Pro1.
You're greatly underestimating the ability of people to adapt when suggiciently motivated, especially when so many devices can be bought fully set up and most people use only a few apps anyway.
There are lots of DIY electric car kits out there too, but suggesting one as a viable alternative daily driver to mass-market consumers seems a bit unrealistic.
Apple was nice in theory because it provided out-of-the-box privacy and security that laypeople could just go buy.
The sad reality right now is that we're actively suggesting that peoples stop buying smart phones, and I think that would mean that any argument will fall on deaf ears. Yes, projects like the PinePhone exists, but they aren't ready for the general public.
As much as I agree with your comment, the sad reality is that I have to pick between Apple and Google. Of those two companies I still trust Apple significantly more.