Yeah, I tried to use it as my daily driver a while back and what bugged me most was the terrible battery efficiency. Running the full desktop version of Firefox certainly didn't help. At that point the camera also didn't have any drivers. Since theres been some progress and we now have a work in progress driver for that model. Frankly it's amazing that this works at all and I'm incredibly grateful for anyone working on this.
I've actually been rather lucky and managed to convince most of my friends to join me on Signal so we barely need to rely on SMS anymore. But last time I checked there weren't any real Signal clients availabe for Linux phones. Of course, one could always use the desktop version but that still requires a phone to be linked to. Someone has managed to get the Matrix/Signal bridge working and rely on Matrix for the final delivery but that seems like too much tinkering for me :D
There are quite a few posts here that echo my thoughts on this but I think that many of them also miss the mark. I think that we need to take a step back. There isn't one thing to blame or a single thing that is at fault.
Most of us live in places designed for motorised traffic. That's an unfortunate fact. And because of that we have certain responsibilities, like being mindful of cars and traffic in general. I think that we can all agree crossing a high-speed road with your eyes closed is a terrible idea, no matter what you're wearing.
However, I also think that divers have certain responsibilities manoeuvring a tonne or so of steel at high speeds in the direct vicinity of people and property. And speaking from experience, most people aren't aware of the inherent dangers of that, or simply don't care about them. Going over the speed limit and running stop signs are considered normal and I've been called out before for not driving aggressively enough.
Road design also plays an important role in general road safety. Most places I've been to have frankly terrible road design that favours motorised traffic above all. Pedestrians being the most vulnerable road users should be protected and kept safe, just like people cycling and other road users. However, with road design being as it is, that burden is shifted onto the drivers themselves.
Yet people seem to forget that one shouldn't be booking it around corners if one can't see what's on the other side. For all they know there could be a literal brick wall waiting for them. The same goes for narrow urban streets. Drivers should lower their speed and be just as mindful of other traffic, like pedestrians have to be. And yes, I know that that doesn't work in the real world, as people are selfish. That's why we need to tackle these issues together, as a civilised society.
One last thing: I don't like that we're hating on particular groups of people. People will act like they do, no matter if they're driving a car, riding a bike or if they're just walking down the road. In the end we're just people and we shouldn't see a pedestrian as a lesser person just because they're choosing to walk; or the other way around for that matter. At the end of the day we all just want to get home.
With all of that said: stay safe out there!