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Which already exists and has existed for ages.

Lineage os (Android), e/os (Android), postmarket os (straight up Linux) would all be excellent answers for cutdown/debloatable mobile phone OSes. (also Ubuntu touch and whatever the pinephone shipped with)

Its probably a lot harder making an unintrusive os than it is making this.

This is cutdown hardware leading to simplified and cutdown software as it’s a necessity here.

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FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

This is cutdown hardware leading to simplified and cutdown software as it’s a necessity here.

I strongly disagree. Spyware, bloatware, forced updates etc are a function of profit driven choice, not the necessity.

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- notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I’m not sure if I’m missing something or not.
  
  I was referring to the Arduino phone. In general you’re not wrong.
  
  The scope of the conversation is just the phone itself.
  
  Hardware was designed first, and then they applied software.
  
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  - FelixCress@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    
    Hardware was designed first, and then they applied software.
    
    You don’t need to redesign a hardware. It is software which needs redesigning, within the existing hardware.
    
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    notthebees@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Which already has been redesigned by people who know what they’re doing. This is just someone making a minimalist phone.
    
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