2026-09-17 21:52 UTC
@dio@kanoa.de Oh sure I totally get the desire for dumbphones from an aesthetic or nostalgia purpose; I'm super enamored with a bunch of them for that reason!
My issue is more with folks who are trying to use a dumbphone (or a "dumb" phone like the Commodore one) as a cure-all for all modern smartphone ills, but then getting frustrated that the things they need aren't available on the same phones.
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@fluffy@plush.city 2026-09-17 21:53
@dio@kanoa.de like the Commodore phone in particular is pretty annoying to me because it is in every way that matters still a smartphone, but then they advertise themselves as having some sort of proprietary technology that allows most apps to install but bans social media and browser apps, but done in an incredibly paternalistic way. Like, I get not wanting those apps on your phone. The solution to that is to *not install them*, not to engineer the entire phone around disallowing them.