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It depends on where on earth you are, but here in Australia, for example, you can buy smartphones for about $10 when on special, or sometimes for free.
by selcuka 4y ago
It depends on where on earth you are, but here in Australia, for example, you can buy smartphones for about $10 when on special, or sometimes for free.
- nixgeek 4y agoDoes $2/mo even cover the power bill to have a smartphone on 24x7 though?
- selcuka 4y agoSolar power [1] and DNS-tunneling [2], which apparently works even with an expired SIM with no mobile or data plan at all. [1] Obviously using the solar generated power for something else to save on electricity might be more effective, but where is the fun in that? [2] https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.xapek.andiodine/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.xapek.andiodine/
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoYeah, just a few milennia of that and the solar panel will pay for itself!
- selcuka 4y agoIt depends on where on earth you are [1]: > $12.30: 5W 5V Portable Solar Panel Power Bank Phone Charger [1] https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/403705119852 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/403705119852
- azinman2 4y agoSo are you going to go and do this very complicated setup for $2/month apparently valuing your time at less than that?
- ciberado 4y agoCame on, where is your sense of adventure? :) seriously, this kind of rabbit holes are one of the best parts of HN, and every body understand they are just rethoric exercises.
- AussieWog93 4y agoObviously you wouldn't do it with just one phone - you'd get a cluster of several hundred/thousand. I could definitely picture myself as a teenager getting a bunch of shitty old Android devices to make $20 a month, though. My younger cousins will fill out surveys with fake info to make a few bucks here or there.
- selcuka 4y agoImagine a Beowulf cluster of $10 smartphones. Oh, wrong website.