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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 64 points 1 day ago (3 children)

AI is getting so intrusive I'm considering a land line.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

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[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 33 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll go back to physically mailing letters.

[–] felsiq@piefed.zip 41 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I’m only contactable using smoke signals from burning datacenters

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 day ago

LIGHT THE SENTINELS!

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 6 points 1 day ago

Hah, the data centers that're controlled by AI fire suppression systems will fail because of... The fire. Like a catch 22. So ironic!

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Rockin a Pixel 6 here, when it either stops getting updates or breaks (or they require my ID in the OS) my next phone will be a dumb phone that can make calls and text.

[–] ricdeh@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I specifically got this phone for the extended support (Graphene/Lineage), which I will look into again, but it looks like the notorious G is gonna make it harder to do. The only things I do on my phone these days is browse lemmy when not at a PC, play a stupid time waster - family guy quest for stuff, and text or call a very select few people, I know the phone numbers of all the people I actually interact with. At this point a smart phone is not overly useful to me. I never use my phone to pay for anything as I have debit/credit/cash in my pocket