[yepthatsreality]

If you’re not willing to give up certain tools, then this is probably not the phone for you. If you’re trying to replicate another system you will be disappointed. If you were to switch to Android you’d have the same issue with iMessage, so sacrifices need to be made regardless of platform.

I will probably be using slack still from my laptop which may be unacceptable for your needs. However if Slack’s electron app runs on Linux already it may already work on the Librem 5 on release. Maybe not in fancy phone UI mode but desktop mode?

TLDR; I don’t see apps as a blocker for me personally. I’m willing to give up a certain amount of tether for privacy. I don’t expect this phone to compete with the iPhone or Android devices for market share, nor should it have to compete.