I remember in the 90s in the US, buying organic products (pesticide, herbicide free) was expensive. Often it was difficult to find. Now organic products are widespread¹ and often the price is only slightly elevated from normal.

It seems that open source phones are like organic products in the '90s. There really is very small demand for them. The popular culture around devices and software is so far from caring about open source devices that most people you speak to don't even know what you mean, much less have an understanding of why it is important.

Until more people demand it, I don't see a viable path. Perhaps we could learn from the granola crunchers.