Some low-end Android devices are really cheap, like the Nokia X2 or Chinese branded devices, just sell Jolla and with same money you can buy a higher spec Android. Jolla's hardware is crap and we pay to get SFOS, I can't see the point spending time and effort here while most Android is cheaper and better in HW.
On the other hand, which parts of SailfishOS do we really need to service that we can't do ourselves? Can't we replace any closed source part with a reimplementation? Let's say we want a new feature in the 'Phone' app, just code an alternative. Or was the point that this won't happen due to too few active coders? stefan