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The moment I don't get to run my own stuff and F-Droid, I'll be switching off smartphones.
I'll use the ugliest command line only smartphone over fully walled garden android
Real talk, are there ones like that?
Ive seen things like https://www.tindie.com/products/zitaotech/hackberrypi5-with-9900-keyboard/ and I REALLY want one....but they are always sold out.
That looks simple enough to build yourself.
There's plenty DIY projects around the net with various raspberry models. You just need some knowledge, preferably access to a 3D printer, an soldering iron, some tools and other bits and bobs. It's definetly doable, but I can understand if someone prefers to throw some money on the table and get one pre-built.
I don't know, sorry
Dumbphone with tethering
A mini laptop/cyberdeck
A modern mp3 player
A small, modern point and click camera
hey gramps, where'd you get that gear, 2007?
Damn I'm gonna need cargo pants to carry all this
It's not a cyberdeck unless I have trodes and a halo, chummer. But some kind of netbook would be great.
I had an Asus Eee PC and I fuckin' loved it. Is there anyone still making a functional laptop in that form factor anymore?
I don't know, but if you find one, let me know. Because if Asus made a new one under their ROG branding, I think I'd be willing to pay the extra cost.
I'll probably go with one of the other roms on an older phone or possibly one of the Linux phones. It won't be exactly what I want, but it'll be better than their walled garden bullshit. That's precisely why I left Apple way back when.
Or we just... ignore them?
LineageOS and GrapheneOS could just be like "well, go on, then."
There's a market for everything and the FOSS and maker markets would eat up an open Android phone, even if the only apps you could install were community-created.
Those would be great if they worked on cheap handsets. TracFone users should have better security too
