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Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social media, no browser’ — the Callback 8020 will be available in five retro colorways starting at $499, runs 99% of Android apps (www.tomshardware.com)
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Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish

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[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Includes spyware from Meta. That's a deal breaker.

[–] plutopos@lemmy.zip 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

That's also the main selling point of the phone. In many European and South American countries, Whatsapp is basically a necessity (I'm not exaggerating). Anywhere else you can just get a real dumbphone for a tenth of the price

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 21 hours ago

Well, if Meta gets to read my messages, the least they can do is comp me the phone. I'm not paying twice (with my money and with my privacy). I'm realistically never using a phone with Meta spyware in the first place, though.

[–] AndyMFK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

What are you referring to? I read the article and saw no mention of meta

[–] cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 22 hours ago

WhatsApp is owned by Meta and it ships with the phone. WhatsApp is basically Signal or Telegram, but monitored by Meta.