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That would be the best thing, but that's a really tall order.
The only product capable of handling what they're doing is Apple and they're just as locked down, if not more.
The Linux phones aren't really there yet, and the Halium-based models are unpleasantly locked down as well.
The mobile market is really stagnant. We need some fairly recent hardware with open software on it, but even if the market was ready to buy, the software is nowhere near ready to fill the need and the hardware is becoming less available by the day.