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Not to get too snarky about this, but at the point where the mobile internet is locked down to such an absurd degree, maybe it’s time for people to just stop using smartphones and opt for flip phones instead, then get a budget laptop or desktop and call it good.

The more the tech becomes entrenched, the more points open up for assholes to take economic advantage. Time to stop playing this game.

There are already people being forced to use their smartphones to access their apartments - AND being charged upwards of 70 bucks a month for the privilege. Seriously.

Sorry… need a keyed lock. I only have a flip phone that doesn’t use apps.

Fuck this shit.

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SparroHawc@lemmy.zip ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
At this point, you can’t even participate in several aspects of society without a smartphone. A lot of concerts and the like have digital-only tickets. You can’t even get cheap McD’s food without using their stupid app; their deals are all digital now.

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- foodandart@lemmy.zip ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  NGL, I’m at the age where I seldom hear acts that I’d go see anymore (last gig I saw was bassist Tony Levin at a small club and the tickets were 50 bucks, cash at the door…) and the last time I ate at McDonalds, that was over 25 years ago… I was driving home from Pittsburgh, Pennsvlvania (I live in the northeast) and got food poisoning that kicked off just as I was getting home. So, no… they can have all the digital enhancements they want, I’ll go hungry before I eat that shit again…
  
  But, I get what you’re saying.
  
  Part of leaving the digital leash behind is that all the businesses jumping on the “cutting edge” of tech adoption, offer shit that you can live without.
  
  Just because someone is selling something does not obligate you to buy it. It’s okay to be a bit standoffish about the things you choose to have in your life, because anyone can cling to a lifestyle but in doing so, they end up slaves to it’s financial demands.
  
  Don’t be slaves to anybody’s fashion.
  
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blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
I’d like to go back to a sort of smartphone with a small screen and slide ourmt keyboard. I like to be able to run different messaging apps to keep in contact with friends. But I also want to remove all the other distractions from my life. Unfortunately, I have a business that needs a fully functioning smartphone on me at all times.

I think my solution will be to have a business only phone, and then have a small personal phone with a small screen and minimal distraction, and possibly an alternative OS.

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- foodandart@lemmy.zip ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I’m with you on that.
  
  My current phone is small enough that it’s difficult for me to do much on it - eyesight being the main culpit on that - and it’s actually a good deal for me!
  
  Keeps me from using the phone online and my computers are old enough with unsupported OS installs, that the current crop of online services run so murderously slow I avoid them.
  
  (Part of why I’m on old.lemmy.zip. Basic text, easy to read, runs on old kit w/o hassle.)
  
  I use my oldest phones as glorified iPods and have an iPhone 3GS doing service as a nighttime sound generator (I have wicked tinnitus) - for over a decade now.
  
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  - blarghly@lemmy.world ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Nice. I wish I had old phones to do those things. I only replace my phone when it fails catastrophically
    
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