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[โ€“] dan69@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Iโ€™m kinda surprised, a lot of what phone users do are simple in regards to how a smartphone is used. Iโ€™m a simpleton, a few apps, text and call or video call if needed. Thatโ€™s it.

[โ€“] Soup@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

โ€œYou canโ€™t program your phone and sideload custom built apps!โ€

โ€œDo you do that?โ€

โ€œWell, noโ€ฆbut I could!โ€

I think more open phones should be the norm whether or not weโ€™re using the function that much but also I agree that I really just donโ€™t need to run some crazy shit off it, either. I even spend probably too much time with my phone and still donโ€™t get it!

[โ€“] Turret3857 6 points 1 week ago

I sideload all my apps because the Google play store is not on my phone.

[โ€“] dan69@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Open sourcing video call would be possible positive. Yes thatโ€™s a double edge sword, but Iโ€™d much rather not have to use a dedicated app just for one thing. Hot Take: text and call (including video) should be on open source protocols

[โ€“] Sunshine@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago

It has to run Genshin Impact natively or else!