@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 1 year ago“Dumb phones” offer an escape from the endless scrollwww.ktla.commessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1201arrow-down116
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoThis is why I’m looking for a dumb phone. Too much time wasted on doomscrolling.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoJust 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoWhat 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
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI was thinking about this after posting my comment. I have some phones laying around that I can try to install a different OS on.
minus-squareAndromxda 🇺🇦🇵🇸🇹🇼linkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoJust like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZacTUhH0c
minus-square@[email protected]BlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://www.piped.video/watch?v=OrZacTUhH0c Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
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.
Just like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZacTUhH0c
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://www.piped.video/watch?v=OrZacTUhH0c
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.