you had me up to the point where you own a Samsung…lol
Comment on This $450 Semi-Dumb Phone Is Barely Even a Phone
PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip 18 hours ago
All of these people buying dumb phones instead of just downloading a text launcher on their phone and calling it a day. Like I’m not about to go waste money on a dumb phone when I can (1) set up a text based launcher and (2) uninstall Instagram. I have a perfectly good Samsung, and I’ve switched to using it more as a tool than a source of dopamine.
Too many peopl fall for the hype of these objects bc it’s easier than taking accountability, and easier than taking the initiative to do something on your own.
The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 14 hours ago
other_cat@piefed.zip 18 hours ago
I’m not sure what you mean by text launcher. Do you mean like a custom launcher that only displays text and not icons?
PMmeTrebuchets@lemmy.zip 17 hours ago
Yeah, sorry, I could have worded that better. I use o launcher pro (but the free version works great). There are others, that’s just the one I use. No icons, no notification badges, nada. I set my phone to grayscale unless I’m taking a photo.
other_cat@piefed.zip 17 hours ago
Oh, no notification badges sounds heavenly. I don’t consider myself addicted to my phone but I do get twitchy if I see any dots or anything.
WhatsHerBucket@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
If you’re on iOS you can disable the notification badges.
calliope@piefed.blahaj.zone 15 hours ago
I turn off notifications for every device I have, other than things like text messages.
I don’t know how people can stand all the badges and stuff.