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30 days ago> Windows phone failed because it could run apps people expect,
Could *not* run?
Liam Proven
Tall, once dark, black-clad atheist skeptic SF fan; writes (mostly about computers) for a living.
Grizzled internet veteran. Online since 1985. Current primary email is from 1991. Butlerian Jihadi since 1993.
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@Newhere Right now my little daughter is sitting next to me playing Toca Boca World on a phone running a modified Graphite OS. I am familiar with it. Honestly, it’s a bit of a pain, and I’m normally happy enough with my ultra-budget ChiPhones. Which cost 1/4 as much and frankly do more.
Personally I’m with Scott McNeally:
https://www.wired.com/1999/01/sun-on-privacy-get-over-it/
“You have zero privacy anyway. Get over it.”
> even this one is way overkill for what I want in a phone. Why can’t there just be a low-spec one instead
Exactly this.
My solution is: dirt-cheap bargain-basement Chinese phones.
They do the job and you can get a lot for under £150.
My best buy was an Umidigi F2. Stunning device for £125. I have bought dinners that cost more than that.
*But* you’ll never get an OS upgrade, they’re unsupported by all the alternative OSes, and there is the everpresent risk of spyware.
For me, that’s worth it, but I get that it’s not for everyone and so I do not unequivocally recommend them.
You really need to read this series:
https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/07/07/arm-desktop-2025-attempt-part-one/
Link unreadable for me in Firefox.
Target:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia/_Signpost/2026-08-02/News/_and/_notes
Yeah, no, that’s utter nonsense.
During the COVID lockdown I was doing a lot of walking around the local woods with my infant daughter in a pushchair. I listened to music on my phone. I was using free conf-swag head phones.
So I bought myself new ones. Absolute top-of-the-line super-fancy Sony in-ear things with bass boost and all the trimmings.
They were about CzK 600, which equates to about £25.
I still use them. 6Y later they still sound amazing. By any objective measure they are better than any in-ear things: excellent isolation, superb sound (in as well through the integrated mic), complete cross-platform compatibility, *infinite* battery life – no batteries! No pairing, no synching, no updates ever. Come with build-in anti-theft anti-loss device: a cable.
£25. What that is in dollarbucks I don’t know as I avoid visiting fascist states that might imprison me. $35?
@SocialistVibes01
There’s always an Xkcd.
https://xkcd.com/221/
https://xkcd.com/221/