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A phone with just calls, SMS, Signal and Telegram? (hexbear.net)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I want a phone where I can't go on the internet or read the news, just communicate with people I actually know in real life. Is there any way I can make this happen?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you curious why I want this?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think I know why but sure

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some combination of "I keep going to websites I hate and getting upset about the things I look at on them" and "Remember when phones were just phones"

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm not really a "remember when phones were just phones" guy. I'm more of a Bo Burnum / Richard Stalman style "social media is hijacking our brains" guy.

I'm addicted to my phone but really appreciate some of its functionalities and want the parts that are useful without the parts that are harming me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

oh i thought it was like a tinfoil hat phone to prevent spying or smth

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Right, so it's the first one