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I feel like if I could have one device that lets me take really nice pictures (like portrait mode on iphone) and only do texting and phone calls and maps, I wou

by dchuk 8y ago

I feel like if I could have one device that lets me take really nice pictures (like portrait mode on iphone) and only do texting and phone calls and maps, I would be a pretty happy person. Maybe airline apps for boarding passes and stuff. I can survive without email/slack/all the other bullshit. Life goes on, if it's an emergency I'm sure someone will get a hold of me somehow. But I want to take pictures of my wife and dogs, I want to text her and my friends, and I don't want to get lost. Music streaming is nice too. That's about it. I guess I am just bitching about social media to be honest...

jck 8y ago
Uninstall slack, and turn off notifications.
Maakuth 8y ago
Social media apps are easy to uninstall, and that's what I've done. For the occasional Facebook event / messenger use case I need (some people insist on communicating through these), I use mbasic.facebook.com, which I think is the mobile web FB for the developing world. It's very fast, very barebones, but has all the features you really need.
- maccard 8y ago
  Facebook Twitter and linkedin came pre installed on my Samsung phone, and can't be removed (or even hidden as far as i can see)
  - wyclif 8y ago
    That's terrible! What carrier is that evil?
    - maccard 8y ago
      EE in the UK. I wasn't aware it was my carrier bundljng it, I thought it was Samsung!
- wilsonnb2 8y ago
  > Social media apps are easy to uninstall They're also easy to reinstall, and often times have good enough mobile web clients. Can't uninstall the browser, unfortunately.