For everybody that fell for the dumbphone meme...

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For everybody that fell for the dumbphone meme... Anonymous 25-07-25 22:25:24 No.30670

Let me tell you a little secret about flip phones: They run the same hardware as smartphones, just in a different form factor. They're even more proprietary black boxes than the average smartphone and its hard to get even basic specifications. I know because I have one. I'm trying to replace the old version of KaiOS it runs with PostmarketOS; unfortunately, the bootloader is locked. At least with a cheap Android phone you can replace Android with something else.

Anonymous 25-07-25 22:38:19 No.30672

My eye is on a pinephone, or get a single board and figure out how to make something from that and a sim.

Anonymous 25-07-25 23:09:23 No.30673

buy a used Samsung and install LineageOS on it

Glownonymous 26-07-25 11:19:07 No.30679

I genuinely just hate the smartphone form factor and touchscreens, but i almost never turn on internet as well (in fact the whole phone hasn't been on for weeks), assuming any elaborate tracking infrastructure wouldn't be profitable and that they won't indefinitely keep it running for older models.

Anonymous 26-07-25 13:11:16 No.30680

You know that the cellular network itself tracks every movement you make, regardless of how much proprietary software your personal tracking device has, right?

Anonymous 27-07-25 08:52:31 No.30685

What the hell is the dumbphone meme

Glownonymous 27-07-25 13:31:40 No.30695

>>30672
Ambitious mane, let us know how it goes

Anonymous 31-07-25 03:06:46 No.30728

use meshtastic long range (LoRa) radios, reject bourgeois 5G, only use mesh networks maintained by the proletariat

Anonymous 13-08-25 15:56:31 No.30807

>>30685
>What the hell is the dumbphone meme
You buy a 50€ bog standard cellphone like we had in the 00s. Usually with no touchscreen, with number keypad, no apps, or social media, sometimes not even a browser, just sms and phone functionalities. It's supposed to be for privacy, but mostly for decoupling yourself from constant social media, news, and dopamine bath.

Anonymous 14-08-25 09:00:21 No.30813

I thought the benefit was to disconnect from the net for a bit and stop frying your brain with constant bullshit, not anything to do with privacy.

Anonymous 14-08-25 15:51:19 No.30817

>>30813
regardless, they are glowed. you can't flash OSes like graphene, they still listen to you, I don't think you can even lock them. that's not good for anyone

Anonymous 14-08-25 15:51:51 No.30818

>>30728
hell yeah, I am going to buy my first digipeater lately this year

Anonymous 14-08-25 16:23:06 No.30819

i thought dumbphones being even more insecure and proprietary than android phones was common knowledge lol

Anonymous 14-08-25 16:23:50 No.30820

>>30813
>cant just put the phone down and instead have to spend extra money on garbage
i think the problem is something else in your case lmfao

Anonymous 15-08-25 02:28:37 No.30822

>>30820
People are operating motor vehicles while looking at their phones. I've never seen anybody do that with any other tool. People look at their phones for an average of 4 or 5 hours a day. I personally don't have an issue, but smartphones are crack for most people and they'd probably be better served with a simpler tool.

Anonymous 15-08-25 02:52:35 No.30823

>>30822
>I've never seen anybody do that with any other tool
because youre a zoomer who wasnt there for printed maps

Anonymous 15-08-25 05:18:27 No.30824

>>30807
What a weird trend to buy more crap

Glownonymous 15-08-25 05:44:53 No.30825

>>30824
>>30820
If you're not going to constantly use your phone, it's worth it for the battery life alone, because you don't have to bother with charging it every day. I also got a dedicated mp3 player for $30 that can play 48h of music consecutively on a similar basis.

Anonymous 16-08-25 00:58:34 No.30830

>They're even more proprietary black boxes

People don't buy dumbphones to escape from proprietary software, they buy them because they just want a telephone and they don't want a complex general purpose customizeable device that demands so much of their attention.

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