I feel like 75% of Mastodon are people talking about Linux. If you don’t care about Linux you feel alienated. I enjoy Mastodon and Lemmy, but the lack of more diverse subjects gets to me if I browse for too long.
Update: I took your advice and purchased a laptop for Linux, and now I care about it! Problem solved.
Only if they don’t fall into the same hole android fell into. Many early linux phones use locked down BIOS or Bootloaders (I remember seeing a video of one where the person couldn’t restore it because they didn’t have the software). So they’ll be absolute freedom only if they ship with Coreboot/UEFI Booting, otherwise they’re no better.