The moment I don't get to run my own stuff and F-Droid, I'll be switching off smartphones.
this post was submitted on 26 Aug 2025
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I'll use the ugliest command line only smartphone over fully walled garden android
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Dumbphone with tethering
A mini laptop/cyberdeck
A modern mp3 player
A small, modern point and click camera
hey gramps, where'd you get that gear, 2007?
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so basically i have to send in my id to google just to sideload a test apk i made in flutter to my own phone to test it out?
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Modern business strategy be like "If you're not building an illegal monopoly, consider doing so for more money"
Sure glad I de-googled with GrapheneOS that ironically runs on Pixel phones.
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Ffs if I have to move to apple before the third option is stable.
I will forever lament my windows phone. Ironically, it was the only option that didn't need to be rooted to do custom shit. You could just screw with the registry and program with .net and direct X
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