per @ilmagico@lemmy.world in another comment here:

The old jelly pro had a decent modding community, and I definitely was able to unlock the bootloader and root it, though not sure about degoogling.

I’m not really sure. what happened when it was no longer officially supported?

not sure. stacking niches means there’s a good chance the answer is no though.

if it’s just a matter of specs it should be up to it, the hardware is pretty beefy for a phone, but I figure there’s more to it than that.

personally I don’t have the spoons to pour in the effort required to degoogle. the fact that the algs and few ads I see are completely irrelevant to me suggest that I have thoroughly confused them by how non-standard my internet usage is. I’m not overly concerned about the data they do get or what they do with it.

there are enough Man-Made Horrors Beyond My Comprehension™️ keeping me up at night but you do you

you could get a Unihertz Jelly Star like me

I’m probably gonna annoy people with this but I will shout it from the rooftops

Unihertz makes one.

my Chinese tiny phone has a name, it’s the Unihertz Jelly Star. they even have a subreddit, not sure what makes you think it’s a “no name” they make a lot of phones for niches in today’s world including one with a physical qwerty keyboard.

now the fact that they’re the only company filling those niches sucks, but it’s better than nobody doing it.

I’ve been maining a Unihertz Jelly Star, I quite like it.