The Freedom Phone
There is a segment of the American population that sees anything they find objectionable or dangerous as a direct assault on their right to freedom. And in reaction to this assault, they have started arbitrarily and pointlessly labeling everything as "freedom" if it helps them further their viewpoint. Do you recall when someone attempted to rename French fries to "freedom fries" because France opposed the Iraq War? It took place.
More recently, the Freedom Phone was created for Trump supporters who wished to escape "Big Tech's" control and enjoy a smartphone that wouldn't censor them or further a liberal agenda. It would even have an anti-surveillance operating system and an app store without any restrictions. Hey, if that's how you feel about politics, that's fantastic. Money can be produced by appealing to people's political convictions. The issue was that the phone's own politics weren't actually in line with them.
The Freedom Phone was initially merely a cheap Chinese phone that had been rebranded. The $119 Umidigi A9 phone was the $499 Freedom Phone. Unfamiliar with Umidigi? Really, neither had anyone else. Since neither of those qualities is highly appreciated in China, where it was made, the claim that it was free of censorship and surveillance turned out to be somewhat of a joke. Customers couldn't find any specifications on the website, the OS was changed to one manufactured by the Big Tech giants, their unregulated app store poses serious privacy risks, and practically every tech website has recommended customers to stay away from this product like the plague.
