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People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

www.bbc.com People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

Self-labelled neo-Luddites and the tech-stressed are searching for phones with fewer features. Industry experts cite precarious profit margins and a wobbly market around this need.

People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?
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  • If you want to eliminate distractions try installing one of the linux phone distros: Sailfish Mobian,Ubuntu Touch,PostmarketOs,Plasma Mobile.

    • I would love to, but it seems they only work in very specific phones. And even then with questionable functionality. It kinda feels like trying to use Linux as a daily driver twenty years ago.

    • Or just Lineage OS

      I used to recommend AOSP but all the apps have been abandoned

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