OT - smartphones and their place - was - Re: Free token for 16.04 Extended Security Maintenance

[Liam Proven]

On Fri, 14 May 2021 at 15:14, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> PS: ...and I don't own and will never ever own a mobile phone again. I
> once owned one, but I will not become one of those smartphone addicted
> Zombies. It's already hard, but still easier to explain to not own a
> smartphone, than to own one and to explain that I will not use it
> everywhere I go and I never ever will join any of the trendy "social"
> networks. Fortunately those Zombies aren't aware that it would be
> possible to join such a network without a smartphone, too, so there's
> no need to justify myself for not being willing to join that crap.

There are still alternatives.

https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/feature-phones

https://www.catphones.com/en-gb/cat-b35-mobile-phone/

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/product-reviews/tech/g33440915/best-dumb-phones/

OK, yes, most of these run Linux, but only KaiOS, the FirefoxOS fork.
Very few apps, no social media if you don't want it, but still the
core communications features, and battery lives like mobile phones
used to have 15-20 years ago.

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