Hundreds of millions. That's how many you need for mainstream apps to be built.
Even Microsoft couldn't get past that hurdle and money is not a problem for them.
Android compatibility might help somewhat but it will undermine the usefulness of the open platform by introducing the very things it fights against. The OS is not the only problem. Apps can still datamine the Android layer then. You won't be much better off than with a privacy focused Android fork.
Hundreds of millions. That's how many you need for mainstream apps to be built.
Even Microsoft couldn't get past that hurdle and money is not a problem for them.
Android compatibility might help somewhat but it will undermine the usefulness of the open platform by introducing the very things it fights against. The OS is not the only problem. Apps can still datamine the Android layer then. You won't be much better off than with a privacy focused Android fork.