I'm switching my phone from Android to Linux

The author is switching from Android to SailfishOS on a Fairphone 4 due to frustration with Google's direction on AOSP, including increased tracking, restrictions on custom ROMs, and limitations on app installation. While SailfishOS offers advantages like gesture-based navigation and Linux accessibility, it has drawbacks including outdated dependencies and broken features like GPS on the Fairphone port, forcing the author to keep an Android device for essential apps requiring Waydroid compatibility.