5 to 50 watts

And blinding everyone around you too!

I strongly disagree with this comment. I’ll answer your numbered points from the original post one by one with my perspective:

1. Development would happen completely in the open, since its community driven
2. A community android fork wouldn’t directly solve the issue of manufacturer locked bootloaders, but neither would Linux mobile
3. I originally messed up on this bullet point, but this is the correction - the play integrity API would be unusable on both community driven Android and Linux mobile
4. Developer verification will not apply to devices running an OS that isn’t Google certified, which a community maintained android fork would not be

Do you disagree with any of these? Would love to hear your thoughts

Can you help me understand why Linux phones are the answer rather than a community maintained android fork?

Android is already fully featured and has a solid ecosystem so it’s usable now, not in 5-10 years with less of a need for adjustment for the people who want to switch.

Basically, why take several steps backwards and start from scratch?

If you have the stock OS from the manufacturer, it will affect you. If you flash a custom ROM, it won’t.

Edit: You can still use F-Droid regardless of which android you’re running, but if you run stock you can only install the apps that have developers registered with google.

Custom ROM usage is gonna explode

Did you even read the conversation you’re replying to???

Only the Surrey County Council indicates anything about restricting access to the library on the basis of age, and that is on the basis of not allowing unaccompanied children under 11 into the library

No other link mentions anything about restricting access to nonfiction materials because of age…

7-15 years by combining these two sources

What? How are you getting to the 15 year number?