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I would love to have a flip phone again.. the simpler and dumber the better.

• greenie_beans 4y ago
  they're great. the UX is so bad that i hardly use it unless absolutely necessary, which is a positive thing for me. would definitely recommend. it has maps and podcasts and google, believe it or not. the downside is no imessaging (which i can do on my computer), no notes (so i carry around a notebook), bad camera (want to buy a digital one), no spotify (been listening to cds and want to get an mp3 player without apps), no authenticator app (we should be using hardware keys anyway). so now i carry around more stuff unfortunately but it's a worthwhile tradeoff. it's a clunky UX and everybody around me has a smartphone, so i just use theirs to google or play something on spotify. it's made me realize how much of our recent world has been built around everybody having a smartphone. for example, QR codes for menus and to pay for parking, etc, is not a very equitable world.
  • hammyhavoc 4y ago
    Is it any less equitable than needing to have a fixed address or bank account?
    • greenie_beans 4y ago
      idk, wasn't comparing to that.