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Too dumb though. Can I just get a phone that calls, texts, plays music, a good camera, and has navigation. Maybe even a web browser. But absolutely no App St
by sudden_dystopia 5y ago
Too dumb though. Can I just get a phone that calls, texts, plays music, a good camera, and has navigation. Maybe even a web browser. But absolutely no App Store, games, or social media.
- animal_spirits 5y agoThat's just a stock smartphone. Don't want any apps on your phone? Don't download any...
- Steltek 5y agoI would add, a stock smartphone with LineageOS or some other de-Googled ROM. A stock smartphone is still going to have Google Play Services, Firebase, and a bunch of other things that could phone home.
- Beltalowda 5y agoExcept that many Android phones come with a bunch of apps you can't remove, including things like Facebook and whatnot. Probably differs per brand, but when I test-drove a Motorola last month there were a whole bunch of apps like that. I guess you could just ignore it, but these kind of unremovable apps just makes me unreasonably angry: it's my goddamn fucking phone and I – and only I – gets to decide which fucking apps are on it!