Unfortunately these days Android as pretty close to the iPhone as a walled garden.
There are some open source phone OS based on a more traditional Linux approach (with the usual userspace you find on a Linux Desktop) but so many important apps are only available on the iOS/Play Store duopoly.
There are some open source phone OS based on a more traditional Linux approach (with the usual userspace you find on a Linux Desktop) but so many important apps are only available on the iOS/Play Store duopoly.