Android itself is fine, the problem is that you cannot modify it.
Non-Android Linux only sounds good in theory, in practice you’ll be doing phone calls from command line, and that’s not fun. Neither Ubuntu Phone nor Firefox mobile OS went anywhere, and Gnome right now has better touchscreen support than Ubuntu Phone ever had.

The truth is people who want small phones also want them for the price of a clamshell feature phone with no 4G support. I’ve heard these complaints many times from older acquaintances, they want their old Nokia that can also run Viber and do videocalls, and they are not paying iPhone SE price, so there’s practically no market for small but high-spec phones, outside of luxury brands where you are buying an ancient chip with a leather back cover.

Switch to KaiOS now!

✅ Unsecure

✅ Unsupported

✅ Keypad sucks

✅ EGA display

✅ Basically trash

✅ Runs DOOM

That name was straight copied from

And the phrasing was intentional.

Nope. You’ll only know how good is it when you run it on the actual hardware. Yeah you can install apps on Android emulator, but what makes or breaks custom ROM is driver support on actual hardware.

My bad, I was talking about custom tabs, which are provided by Chrome or Firefox.

WebView is a separate app, and you can switch between WebView and custom tabs somewhere in system settings.

The browser is what provides the WebView in the first place, so yes.

Where’s My Water

It does not require great screen-tapping skills, characters are designed by Disney, and it’s premium.

No luck eh.

Play Store link?

Tasker script to turn on your screen and launch the app.

There are some console ports , if you look hard enough.

No Android support eh.

The common comment from dev studios is that premium Android games are not profitable at all.

Quake engine is infinitely moddable.

Dusk seems to be using it’s own engine based on Unity.

That’s why cowboy hats have folded brims.

It’s even worse idea to get an inevitable update that pushes ads through the file browser.

Android makers apparently have expressed an preference to use “standards-based solutions” rather than Qualcomm’s proprietary solution.

So Verizon got burned by Qualcomm’s CDMA patents once too many.

You can install Windows 95 or Ubuntu on your phone using an emulator app. Yet Android cannot emulate an older Android.