These include Sailfish OS, postmarketOS, Ubuntu Touch, Mobian, etc. They never gained a significant market share/adoption.

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    Because they are still a subpar experience to the big 2 and since there’s no money in it (compared to ios and android), development just falls further behind.

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      Classic henn and egg problem. Most people dont want to use it because their favorite apps are not supported and mist sevelopers dont want to put ressources into a platform without users.

      The same reason why microsoft phone failed, they were just too late.

      Unless you provide support for APKs and have banking apps supporting your OS, it is really hard to create a non-android-based OS.