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Re:Apple cancels work on electric car, shifts team to genera... by captn3m0 on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @11:32PM (#39534029)
For iPhones, I’ve been meaning to try out Assistive Access as a “minimalist mode”. It gives you a big icon launcher becomes a dumb phone, more or less.

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/assistive-access-iphon...

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Re:Apple cancels work on electric car, shifts team to genera... by kls0e on Tuesday February 27, 2024 @11:54PM (#39534156)
just tried it! excellent tip. thanks!
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Re:Apple cancels work on electric car, shifts team to genera... by int_19h on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @05:25AM (#39536186)
Unfortunately it's much more limited than an actual "dumb phone" because of some weird choices Apple made. In particular:

1. You can only receive messages from numbers that are in your contact list.

2. You can only send messages and make phone calls to select numbers that are in your contact list, and which have been additionally whitelisted under Assistive Access.

3. The Settings app (which lets you configure the whitelist) is not available.

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Re:Apple cancels work on electric car, shifts team to genera... by frabcus on Wednesday February 28, 2024 @05:01AM (#39536015)
That looks amazing - the home screen focus reminds me of Niagara on Android (although that is prettier)
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