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Re:I want a computer that I own by missedthecue on Monday March 08, 2021 @08:28PM (#26394210)
You could buy a flip phone
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Re:I want a computer that I own by gruez on Monday March 08, 2021 @08:42PM (#26394326)
That solves the botnet/tracking aspect, but doesn't solve the "I want a computing device that I control" aspect.
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Re:I want a computer that I own by tvb12 on Monday March 08, 2021 @09:13PM (#26394596)
Every flip phone I've come across has run a version of Android.
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Re:I want a computer that I own by approxim8ion on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @02:17AM (#26396283)
Most old flip phones support up to 3G, which is being phased out.

The 4G ones run either Android (so a worse experience with the same spyware) or KaiOS (which is still fine but not very available).

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Re:I want a computer that I own by FourthProtocol on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @03:48AM (#26396711)
KaiOS is sponsored in part by Google, and includes Google software. I know because I have the yellow banana phone (Nokia clone). I bought that with exactly the expectation that it's free of trackers and so on, but no. Apps on KaiOS cannot be uninstalled.
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Re:I want a computer that I own by approxim8ion on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @04:19AM (#26396911)
It's getting harder and harder to have free phones then.

They're slowly tightening SafetyNet which makes it harder to use free custom android ROMs as well.

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