pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

✨Kai os✨

StaySquared ,

I rather go with something like this:

https://unplugged.com/products/up-phone

At the very least a degoogled phone.

ATDA ,

I've been getting my family into lora. It's nice just having Ubuntu that texts. I still use my phone for mobile connectivity as a hot spot but apps are largely going un updated, and their silly ads unviewed.

Obviously not the solution for everyone but damn its freeing if you can.

ICastFist ,
@ICastFist@programming.dev avatar

I wouldn't mind a dumb phone, but I'd need it to have whatsapp at the very least, otherwise I'll be "that incommunicable weirdo"

buzz86us ,

Why? Just download a copy of android without gapps

Peddlephile ,

I want complete control of my technology after I buy it. I don't want my phone to assume things that I like based on my input. If something goes wrong, I want it to be my fault because I enabled the wrong setting. I also want physical buttons. I miss those so much.

rekabis ,

Most dumb phones aren’t.

Dumb, that is. Virtually all of them have some version of Android or KaiOS or some other full-fat OS cosplaying as something “simple”. Litmus test: does your “dumb phone” come with a map app? A Facebook app? Can you install apps from an external source? If so, you don’t have a dumb phone.

The hallmark of a dumb phone is the lack of an OS that boots. You turn it on, and everything should be instantly and immediately available, loaded from ROM. No boot sequence, no waiting for anything to load.

The only truly “dumb phone” out there - as something “new” and not actually vintage - is the Rotary Un-Phone.

bitwolf ,

I want a dumb phone I can side load on to.

Just my essential apps and nothing else

Mango ,

I'll fuckin do it. How hard can it be to make minimal technology with a decent interface for a demanding market who will all happily pay a little bit of extra upcharge because they don't want the shiny new biz?

JohnEdwa ,
@JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz avatar

And I just want a small Android phone that fits in one hand.
The last one to be around iPhone 13 mini size is the Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact from 2018. And if you want original iPhone SE size, then the "latest" one is the Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 from 2011.

Oh what I would do to magically make my old Samsung S4 Mini usable again...

KillingTimeItself ,

companies will make them, it's just capitalism. It's a question of whether or not people will buy them.

Companies are already making "dumb phones" go buy one if you want one.

hperrin ,

I’d like a smart phone with the latest Android, a great camera, and a color e-ink display. I’ve yet to find one.

Snapz ,

People want phones that don't cost $1000+, lack basic features and constantly prey on their personal data. That's what they want. Some scores they by saying they want "dumb phones", but the first part is the larger driver here.

ilinamorato ,

I don't think people really want dumbphones, I think they just want apps that better support their self-control. Digital Wellbeing on Android is a start, but it's way too easy to bypass.

rottingleaf ,

People want these to avoid watching ads and being a guinea pig for their own money.

If something like Maemo was a thing today, would be different.

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