Re: That's yet another point caused by needless complexity
"You can keep your trivia apps, I just want vlc or mplayer, amarok firefox, kmail etc on a phone. I trust those guys more than I trust google."
That would be Ubuntu Phone then. I haven't used any version of x-buntu for a few years now, because I think there are better distros for just about any given purpose, but I'd trust their phone offering well ahead of anything else I've seen on the market.
Then again, perhaps running UP and sticking to the official repos is about as limiting and no safer than running Android and sticking to the Google-branded apps. In both cases you are intentionally cutting yourself off from all the third parties simply because you can't tell which ones are trustworthy.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
