Yeah, just looking at the tech side of this, I suppose that you could get a Linux phone from some start up company and be completely disconnected from all the services everyone else uses, but in terms of price and availability, that's for hipsters and enthusiasts, not the average Joe on a working class wage.

Until someone is able to mass produce basic Linux touchscreen phones with something comparable to WhatsApp and all the other social apps and shit, nothing is going to take down Google Android. And having a pricey, concept Linux phone will always be a hobbyist thing because everyone else is using a different messenger app.

The problem is that all of these companies own the market on the cheap crap that their wage slaves can afford. Buying local or going out of your way to support the smaller companies is fucking expensive.

I don't know what will change things now short of a total revolution.