@tomgrzybow AFAICT, depends on whether you can build and boot a working Android distro for the hardware without all the hardware manufacturer and Google surveillance crap.

@linus Eh. That's the case with any commodity hardware. I won't let it stop me from ~~hacking~~, erm, ~~maker-ing~~, whatever the hell kids call being an amateur computer software and hardware enthusiast these days.

In before the pedants - "any" is an exaggeration. I suppose there are niche markets where the chip is triple independently scrutinized to ensure no fuckery has been added before encapsulation in the package. That's not the world I live in though so, Eh.

It’s all right what you say but I think it’s better for the environmental impact to use old devices. Yes the community could be better in teaching how to use Google-free Android.