I’m fully happy and content with my Kompakt since the most recent update! Group messaging is now fully functional for me. I have adjusted settings to fix any small issue I’ve had. It’s nice to be able to fully recommend the phone to others now with no caveats. I don’t use some of the native apps but that doesn’t impact my view of the phone as a whole. With sideloading I have been able to curate it to be everything I want.
Here’s my current app screen:
AntennaPod - Podcasts
DuckDuckGo - Web Browser
Here WeGo - Navigation
Plum Village - Meditation
TickTick - Calendar and To Do lists
Tidal - Music Streaming
I have a few hidden apps I don’t use too often - Signal, Proton Mail, etc.
Just excited to say after 7 months I’m happy with my phone and have no intention of going back to a smart phone. 