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I looked at Punkt. They keep saying "If you don’t pay for the product, you are the product". Okay, all fine and well. But what will my phone still actually be
by ElFitz 5mo ago
I looked at Punkt.
They keep saying "If you don’t pay for the product, you are the product". Okay, all fine and well.
But what will my phone still actually be able to do if / when I stop my subscription? Not a single clear answer besides "[…] gradual feature deactivation, and ultimately reverting to a device running AOSP".
Doesn’t really inspire confidence.
- Barbing 5mo agoSwiss privacy phones? https://www.punkt.ch https://www.punkt.ch What subscription?
- lloeki 5mo agoLook at Punkt MC03 + AphyOS, scroll down to "Subscription: 2 years free of charge" and expand. https://www.punkt.ch/products/mc03-premium-secure-smartphone https://www.punkt.ch/products/mc03-premium-secure-smartphone There's a little bit - but barely - more about AphyOS in the FAQ if you scroll way down.
- Barbing 5mo agoNo way they employ a minor dark pattern with their cookie pop-up YIKES tying privacy hardware to a subscription. Maybe they’re two-year burners then, like a partially inverted warranty. Gradual feature deactivation should be fine if it’s incredibly transparent. So they lose too many sales if they just charge the whole lifetime customer value right upfront, and subscription is the solution. Thank you for that. Well I do wish them luck!
- lproven 5mo ago> But what will my phone still actually be able to do if / when I stop my subscription? I have two of them and use one as my spare phone. I wrote this article. As far as I can tell: all that happens is that you lose your encrypted email account and cloud storage. That's it. Otherwise, the phone continues working as before.