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Questions for linux phone enthusiasts:
1. What's to stop Instagram etc creating apps for mobile linux? (In principle I mean, obviously there's no market yet)
2. Is it possible to set up phones with users, so (in principle) you could have a child as a user who can't install anything without the root password?
Thanks ahead of time (this is for my forthcoming blog post on the benefits of linux mobile for young people)
@davidoclubb
1) nothing. No market and maybe not enough access to track and harvest data from the phone. Instagram collects data on photos, contacts and more
2) yes it is possible, though i do not know how to configure it. The GNOME and KDE software centers for example support that. I guess it is because of an underlying setting in the OS.
@chfkch @davidoclubb regarding 2) there quite a few apps that can now be installed via app images (flatpak, snap, appimages).
These do not require root or admin rights and are often pre-installed (so you'd have to uninstall them); appimages do not require anything to work, so I'm not sure there is any way to prevent a basic account from running them.
Just to say that, as usual, trying to prevent a motivated kid from accessing what they want to access could prove difficult 
@silmathoron @chfkch I think I'd be happy with them installing via app image as it would show initiative and creativity 
even if it was contrary to my objectives 
@davidoclubb
AppImage requires chmod to make it executable right?
@silmathoron