What happened to the original vision for /e/ on phones in stores?

[Markus]

You can find some additional information in this post:

Status on new phone roadmap

Hi @dln949 this query was previously addressed here /e/ smartphones The status remains the same we are still working on getting a hardware manufacturer to pre load /e/. Most of them have agreements with Google which prevent them selling any non google OS on their phones. This includes forks from Android. This is known as the Android anti-fragmentation agreement. Google has total control on the manufacture of smartphones and manufacturers have expressed their helplessness on this. We are worki…