I would totally daily drive a Linux phone if performance wasn't so awful. I don't care if it doesn't a have any apps. In fact, the inability to install apple or android apps is actually a positive point in my view.
I know I'm a fanboy, but I fell in love with C from the first time I tried it. I especially like its bare-bones grammar that never gets in your way. I appreciate how much it has taught me about how computers work. It helped me realize my aspirations to be an electrical engineer.
I don't want to give the impression of being elitist, nor am I trying to make myself look super skilled, but whenever I hear people criticizing C for being unsafe, or for lacking some library, I can't help but think that's a skill issue, not an actual problem with the language.
How is money an issue? I can run down to the contracted office-supply refurbisher 2 miles away, buy a 2-year old lenovo mini PC for $160, and slap Debian on it for no additional licence fee.
Huh. All that security, and yet there are still so many viruses capable of infecting windows.