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Most of those "ideas" are basically : - take a phone, remove features, package with bright colors, profit (or VC then profit, maybe). Sadly a lot of those are
by utopiah 7mo ago
Most of those "ideas" are basically :
- take a phone, remove features, package with bright colors, profit (or VC then profit, maybe).
Sadly a lot of those aren't recycling old gadgets, they are just making new ones and block features, lock down in their own "store", etc. I think it's actually quite terrible.
- eloisant 7mo agoYes, and dumbphones exist (again). You can buy a newer version of the Nokia 3210 that charges with USB-C and works on modern cell networks.
- philips 7mo agoThe main feature I want for my kids is an explicit allow list to keep them from gettin spam or talking to randoms. The manual I found doesn't seem to have this feature. Also the advertising page has "Cloud Apps for news, weather, and more" :( https://www.hmd.com/en_int/nokia-3210?sku=1GF025CPD4L02 https://www.hmd.com/en_int/nokia-3210?sku=1GF025CPD4L02
- eloisant 7mo agoYes you should check KaiOS phones for that. Now the problem is that they're not "dumb" enough as they have a web browser, youtube etc, but that can be considered fine because the experience for those is so bad that it's unlikely to get addicting.
- utopiah 7mo agoHow about a PinePhone with DeltaChat?