Yes, I agree that this will be the critical point, but ... it all depends on the critical mass of users. About 20 years ago there was no CAD software for Linux, no IDE for rapid development and now we have tons of incredible tools in all areas: FreeCad, Blender, Lazarus, KDevelop, QT Creator. JetBrains produces incredible cross-platform development tools.
The same revolution that happened on the desktop can happen on mobile. The people at Pine64 are creating incredible and affordable devices, and this is just the beginning. The open source revolution is spreading from software to hardware (Risc-V processors for example).
In my lifetime I have seen Linux and open source software in general make incredible progress. And it is not only a technical aspect, but also a different way of living and seeing the world: hundreds of thousands of developers working together for the benefit of the most, beyond any language, geographical or political boundaries.
It also depends on the choices that each of us will make to stop supporting and encouraging predatory and monopolistic regimes, and instead make choices to preserve our freedoms as individuals, which are more important than the last "nice features" in expensive and proprietary gadgets that imprison us and our data in closed kingdoms.
The same revolution that happened on the desktop can happen on mobile. The people at Pine64 are creating incredible and affordable devices, and this is just the beginning. The open source revolution is spreading from software to hardware (Risc-V processors for example).
In my lifetime I have seen Linux and open source software in general make incredible progress. And it is not only a technical aspect, but also a different way of living and seeing the world: hundreds of thousands of developers working together for the benefit of the most, beyond any language, geographical or political boundaries.
It also depends on the choices that each of us will make to stop supporting and encouraging predatory and monopolistic regimes, and instead make choices to preserve our freedoms as individuals, which are more important than the last "nice features" in expensive and proprietary gadgets that imprison us and our data in closed kingdoms.