Long time no see, after 8 years, I have logged back in to catch up and whine about the world.

I first joined in 2011. This was just after highschool for me. The world was more interesting then in terms of tech, now it is boring generally.
I would argue that computers oems and components are actually still exciting. But mobile on the other hand is boring. I keep going through this depressing state every 6 months where I just hate the current phone and os options. My device history:
psp>Sony Mylo comm2> Nokia 5230>Palm Pre2>Nokia 700>HP Pre3>Blackberry Z10>Nokia Lumia 520>Blackberry Classic>Sony Xperia XA>Huawei P20 Lite.
I have been using Android the last few years and I absolutely hate it. I was never a fan of the OS and have just been suffering with it. Every Alternative (OEM) OS more or less died around 2010-2013. We lost Symbian, Meego, webOS, BB10, Windows Phone/Mobile, Firefox, etc.
Sailfish/Jolla has even more or less gone quiet. Now we are stuck in a world with either chocolate of vanilla ice cream but all I want is pistachio. Every few months I debate going back and losing all this useless connectivity that all these apps give us. Make everyone text you again.
Every time I think about doing it I realize there is not this specific app I use regularly on these old platforms. Nowadays its probably a Spotify or a decent podcast app. Can I live without google maps? who knows. Can I actually get my friend to chat with me in test? Who knows.

I just am curious if the remaining people here feel the same way? What do you think of this current world of mobile?
Any suggestions?
How is the Maemo Community?