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Ugh another minimal phone that tries to sell me new hardware. I don't think there's anything wrong with current smartphone hardware. What I want is someone to
by Difwif 3y ago
Ugh another minimal phone that tries to sell me new hardware.
I don't think there's anything wrong with current smartphone hardware. What I want is someone to reimagine the OS. My phone should be like a Startrek Tricorder - a very advanced tool that can assist me with anything. The key metric should be how much time it saves me... not how much time I waste using it.
What I don't want is spyware, ads, and interactions designed to maximize my engagement. I need to be able to use feature rich apps sometimes, but I also want very hard limits that I set on my social media usage and other time wasting activities. Every single blocker app completely sucks and needs to be implemented as an OS feature. Screen time on iOS isn't enough and Digital Wellbeing on Android is a joke. Sometimes I don't have the willpower to overcome the digital crack at my finger tips.
So bad I want a new OS to enter the market that reimagines my phone as just a tool and not the center of my life. Apple could do it and has the right incentives (kinda) but I don't understand why they don't make screen time more feature rich with an API. I've never owned an iPhone but I would finally switch if they did this.
Edit: I'm being too harsh to the creators of this phone. Clearly I am not the customer. I just want a solution that doesn't involve giving up useful tools like Maps.
- nullderef 3y agoI actually really like that the hardware includes an E-ink screen instead. It makes it really interesting for reading on the go without needing an additional device.
- jen729w 3y ago> What I don't want is spyware, ads, and interactions designed to maximize my engagement. Turn off notifications. > Every single blocker app completely sucks Install 1Blocker (indie dev) and turn on the on-device firewall. Works like magic. > Screen time on iOS isn't enough Have more self control. ;-) > Sometimes I don't have the willpower to overcome the digital crack But seriously, use Screen Time to disable Safari. Just remove the web browser from your device. Make the Screen Time password something like “i am weak”. It works. > I've never owned an iPhone You can 100% get what you want with an iPhone. Just don’t install all the garbage, and if an app is useful but spams you (hi, Uber), turn off its notifications. Use 1Blocker and you’ll never see an ad, not even in-app. Or do what my partner does: she basically lives in DND mode. Her phone hygiene is exceptional. She scarcely uses it. I never see her using it during the day.
- MBCook 3y ago>> Screen time on iOS isn't enough > Have more self control. ;-) Focus modes are more powerful and customizable, sounds like what GP wants to me. Change wallpapers, notification preferences, show/hide apps, all sorts of stuff.
- barrysteve 3y agoYou have no idea how much it pleases people in charge to have complete surveillance. It's pathetic.
- weikju 3y agoProblem is, most people so want that also don’t want to pay for it, let alone pay more for hardware or software than they do for the spystuff. So the vicious cycle continues