Jokes on them. I endlessly scroll on my computer while my smartphone mostly just acts as a phone/music player/navigation device.
This is so me. Got a dumb phone and slashed my mobile screen time. Laptop screen time doubled 😂
Pretty sure i read about EU working on a ban for endless scrolling!
Lol. I’m sure this will definitely work.
Jokes on you, I doomscroll to avoid thinking about work
I’ve been using a Light Phone II as my daily driver since August, and I hope I never go back to my iPhone. The transition was pretty easy since I was already “off the grid”, but I do sometimes have to toss my iPhone in my bag for things like Uber or the Starbucks app.
I’ve considered the Light Phone before but there are just some things I think it goes too far with such as lack of email and texted images. I consider these to be basic communication fundamentals and should be standard on dumbphones. It’s not like they’re closed-source software tied to specific companies.
Honestly, I don’t mind the lack of email that much since I have always preferred writing on my computer. That said, I do hate the lack of image support. A low-res black-and-white image would be better than none at all…
You can consider getting the Qin F22 Pro.
but i want a slide out keybooaaarrddddd :_____________(
The camera is too important for me to give up my smart phone, and I don’t want to carry a separate device just for taking photos/video.
Maybe if the came out with a feature phone that had a camera on par with a smartphone and supported syncing to google photos or immich or synology then I’d consider it.
You can get a normal android phone, then hit it in the head with a brick, remove googlr play services, don’t add an app store back, and get a minimalist launcher, the end result is what you’re looking for, and it becomes hard enough to get a new app on your phone, that its much easier to resist
try parental app w/ a random short password
This is why I’m looking for a dumb phone. Too much time wasted on doomscrolling.
Just get an android phone without google play services or microG, get a minimalist launcher, then only install the apps you need straight from the web
“Just”
What do you mean? Most people already have a suitable android phone either in their pocket or in a closet, and a cheap one is significantly less expensive than the dumb phones that are sold to people who want to stop doomscrolling
I was thinking about this after posting my comment.
I have some phones laying around that I can try to install a different OS on.
