The alternatives are GNU/Linux phones (PinePhone, Librem 5) and companies respecting users, see: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24866279
Long term plan is to keep an eye on Librem and get one when it actually ships possibly after an iteration or two. Or not, I might get one sooner if I think I have some time to try to build something for it.
Average people would never think to use these independent Linux phones the way they are today, and it's not a given that the situation will noticeably improve in 5-10-15 years.
I want good options available to everyone, not just a subset of the typical desktop-Linux audience.