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"We Listened" - Commodore Reduces The Price Of Its Forthcoming Callback 8020 'Dumbphone' (www.timeextension.com)
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Announced a short time ago, the Callback 8020 is seen as a means of combating the addictive lure of the modern-day smartphone. While it supports Android apps via its SailfishOS, it disables features like web browsing and social media by default.

However, despite the noble quest for a 'digital detox', the phone met with a somewhat frosty reception online (no pun intended), with many comparing it to an elderly relative's flip phone. In our poll, 70 percent of you said you wouldn't be buying one.

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[โ€“] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I was also thinking about buying it, but I want my phone to be my phone.

I actually use my browser from time to time. What is the use of a phone if you need a "backup phone" just to look something up?

Also, their reasoning for blocking the browser is absurd: "you could use the browser to access social media." I don't use TikTok, Instagram, X, or the like, so why do I need to be nannied?

[โ€“] Crozekiel@piefed.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Exactly. I can understand them not installing a browser by default as part of their "principled stance against social media", but blocking the install entirely is WILD. I also do wonder how they actually do that though... Just a list of "known browsers" and blocking their install? It's Linux - what if we fork a browser and rename it "totally not firefox", would it even catch it?