bruzzard
@bruzzard@lemmy.world
- photojournalist, curator, FOSS and privacy enthusiast
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 3 days ago:
I would not give up the smartphone for a dumb phone, primarily for the superior security and privacy smartphones provide that dumb phones just do not have technology for.
This conversation has a tone of settling for inferior technology to do the work a well-designed smartphone experience should.
The smartphone can be made pretty “dumb” - the user experience has more to do with the software (apps) added to it than the hardware (the smartphone) itself.
Aside from the apps the platform bundles, I only have Signal (for text and voice), email, a browser, calendar, a note taking app and a FOSS music player. I have disabled all sound and visual notifications and removed all apps off the main screen.
Of late, I’ve moved the SIM-card onto a secondary phone that resides in my bag, which is only switched-on for navigation or if I need WiFi in a snap.
It has not always been this way for me and I am sure my setup will continue to evolve as my needs change.
- Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025? 3 days ago:
This!
- Comment on Microsoft Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward 3 weeks ago:
This here. Not fully featured but a decent reader and editor which we hope will improve with time. Good effort on the devs!
LibreOffice & Open Office Document Reader | ODF f-droid.org/packages/at.tomtasche.reader/