PinePhone Pro [GNU/Linux smartphone] has been discontinued

This is a bummer. If there was ever a time this sort of device was needed, it's now / in the near future when Google (probably) starts requiring all Android apps to be signed by approved developers and further locks down the Android platform.

I kind of regret not buying one of these instead of a Pixel 7 but, unfortunately, I'm pretty tethered to the Android ecosystem at the moment.

You say that, but they're discontinuing it because they didn't sell enough of them. It may be the device we need, but it's not the device we're buying.

The product was never really attractive by itself. You had to be extremely patient and willing to overlook the serious problems with their software to even try to use it.

I would like to see some other company take a real swing at this product space but with a less strict approach around the hardcore open-everything ideals. They’re good in theory, but in practice people want a phone that works and you have to get to that stage first.