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Related: The Light Phone https://www.thelightphone.com/ https://www.thelightphone.com/ - uses E-Ink too
by yboris 3y ago
Related: The Light Phone https://www.thelightphone.com/ https://www.thelightphone.com/ - uses E-Ink too
- VyseofArcadia 3y agoI really wanted to like the Light Phone. It's exactly what I want...except one of my biggest use-cases depends on a proprietary and almost assuredly ephemeral web service. I want to do basically three things on a phone: 1. Calls and texts 2. Maps 3. Music and podcasts But the only way to get audio files onto a Light Phone is via uploading them to the web dashboard[0]. I contacted support. There exists no other way, or at least not one they are willing to officially acknowledge. Sorry, I don't trust that a hipster minimalist cell phone startup is going to maintain that service for as long as I plan on using the phone. Light Phone people, if you're reading this: don't be weird about it! The device has USB connectivity! Just let me plug in a damn cable and transfer files over! There is absolutely no reason to have this whole thing hinge on a web service that I assume you are paying good money to keep online and working. Transferring audio files via USB was a solved problem in the year 2000. [1] Side note, I'm aware that maps likely also depends on a similar web service, but it doesn't irk me quite as much. [0] https://support.thelightphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/360048240532-Music-Tool https://support.thelightphone.com/hc/en-us/articles/36004824... [1] And this isn't even mentioning that the only supported audio seems to be 256kbs CBR mp3s
- numpad0 3y agoCan't you enable ADB and install something in apk?
- VyseofArcadia 3y agoThere's all sorts of things I could do. Instead I decided to just not buy it and spend my money on a phone which doesn't engage in this kind of BS. (Ended up with a Fairphone 4.)