Convince me this won't have a built in backdoor and/or automatically scan your photos looking for "suspicious" content (for the children, of course).

I am planning to buy myself a Jolla phone later this year.

Planning to use it in parallel with my Android phone, I want to prep for switching off Android.

Banking apps and eGovernment apps is going to be a massive issue. I am really hoping there will be a big push in Europe to adopt SailfishOS.

Maybe jolla can finally afford to repay those that backed its failed tablet.

The ringtones would either be the best or the worst thing you've ever heard, no in between.

Wonder if I will ever witness a joint effort of the EU to support a European solution to Smartphones and OS. 

Just did a quick search... Is the OS really subscription based?

Can someone explain to me the improvement in regards to volla Phone or Fairphone?

• it uses a downstream Android kernel
• it does not use a mainline kernel
• the Android kernel creates dependencies and makes it difficult to keep up to date for more than a couple years
• their AppSuport is literally Android in a container with some proprietary parts
• their apps are scarce as they need to be built for the OS (no Flatpak or any other support for the existing mobile Linux software)
• the UI and some other components are proprietary

I believe those points make clear why I see more of a future in projects like Mobian, postmarketOS, Fedora Pocketblue.

Priced at €649, the Jolla Phone is not intended for the mass market, and company leadership has acknowledged that it will remain a niche product.