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I don't personally own a phone and they've became literal mobile surveillance devices, so I usually take my Steam Deck with me to play some vidya gaems while in transit. The bus I took went through three towns and stopped at every bus stop on its route. That is primarily the reason why it took upward of an hour and a half before reaching my destination.
Around about four quarters of the way, my Steam Deck would usually run out of battery. Only thing I could do from that point onward is to look out of the window at the passing streets and fields. It can help for the most part, though I usually find myself spacing out while left to my thoughts.
@superboom12s @xaetacore @alex @musha@Saorsa @xaetacore @alex @musha Oh! It's a nice thing not to own a mobile phone, I feel the same as you. Right now I only have it to be able to contacted with Telegram (since I stopped using Whatsapp and any other social medie, excepting Mastodon and now Misskey, but I don't have them on my phone), usually without internet. I want to slowly stop using it completely and only have a 'dumb' phone to be able to call others whenever I need. The only thing that I am afraid of is UK, you are forced to own and use a mobile phone there and I am afraid that it will be the same here in a close future...
Being alone with your thoughts some time each day is a good thing, or at least something I like, but have you considered investing in a external battery for the deck? You could even use an old modded phone to charge it, in case you have one. -
@Saorsa @xaetacore @alex @musha Oh! It's a nice thing not to own a mobile phone, I feel the same as you. Right now I only have it to be able to contacted with Telegram (since I stopped using Whatsapp and any other social medie, excepting Mastodon and now Misskey, but I don't have them on my phone), usually without internet. I want to slowly stop using it completely and only have a 'dumb' phone to be able to call others whenever I need. The only thing that I am afraid of is UK, you are forced to own and use a mobile phone there and I am afraid that it will be the same here in a close future...
Being alone with your thoughts some time each day is a good thing, or at least something I like, but have you considered investing in a external battery for the deck? You could even use an old modded phone to charge it, in case you have one.Wdym, I'm from the UK. 🥴
I've completely sworn off anything meta related, so imagine the lack of surprise I had when I saw this pop up in my feed recently.
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@Saorsa @xaetacore @alex @musha Oh! It's a nice thing not to own a mobile phone, I feel the same as you. Right now I only have it to be able to contacted with Telegram (since I stopped using Whatsapp and any other social medie, excepting Mastodon and now Misskey, but I don't have them on my phone), usually without internet. I want to slowly stop using it completely and only have a 'dumb' phone to be able to call others whenever I need. The only thing that I am afraid of is UK, you are forced to own and use a mobile phone there and I am afraid that it will be the same here in a close future...
Being alone with your thoughts some time each day is a good thing, or at least something I like, but have you considered investing in a external battery for the deck? You could even use an old modded phone to charge it, in case you have one.@superboom12s @Saorsa @xaetacore @musha With dumb phones I probably won't get one cause getting spied on by my ISP/govt is not something I want . Custom privacy ROM + container for disabling annoying apps and a bit of self control
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@superboom12s @Saorsa @xaetacore @musha With dumb phones I probably won't get one cause getting spied on by my ISP/govt is not something I want Problem with that, though is you lose access to banking software. Lot of traditional of banking societies have been moving towards managing your account through a phone application and challenger banks are almost exclusively managed through them.
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Wdym, I'm from the UK. 🥴
I've completely sworn off anything meta related, so imagine the lack of surprise I had when I saw this pop up in my feed recently.
@superboom12s @xaetacore @alex @musha@Saorsa @xaetacore @alex @musha Oh- I saw that you HAVE to use digital identification in UK or else pay fines each time you wanted to use your phisical ones... So that pretty much forces anyone to use their phone, but maybe it is not just like that. -
Problem with that, though is you lose access to banking software. Lot of traditional of banking societies have been moving towards managing your account through a phone application and challenger banks are almost exclusively managed through them.
@alex @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha@Saorsa @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha Yea that shit is annoying. Dumb phones have the same problem tbh. I used to patch my bank app to work on a rooted phone. Google Pay is like the only thing that no work for me so I just use cards themselves. -
@Saorsa @xaetacore @alex @musha Oh- I saw that you HAVE to use digital identification in UK or else pay fines each time you wanted to use your phisical ones... So that pretty much forces anyone to use their phone, but maybe it is not just like that.Last I heard, digital identification is still around but no longer mandatory.
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Problem with that, though is you lose access to banking software. Lot of traditional of banking societies have been moving towards managing your account through a phone application and challenger banks are almost exclusively managed through them.
@alex @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha@Saorsa @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha Oh yeah one of the reasons of me hating on google. Stupid integrity API -
@Saorsa @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha Yea that shit is annoying. Dumb phones have the same problem tbh. I used to patch my bank app to work on a rooted phone. Google Pay is like the only thing that no work for me so I just use cards themselves.@alex @Saorsa @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha Yes, I wanted to patch my phone, but as soon as I found out that the cards wouldn't work, I immediately refused, it's such a horror
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@Saorsa @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha Yea that shit is annoying. Dumb phones have the same problem tbh. I used to patch my bank app to work on a rooted phone. Google Pay is like the only thing that no work for me so I just use cards themselves.I just use physical currency, myself. Any transactions can't be traced after it is withdrawn from the bank.
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I just use physical currency, myself. Any transactions can't be traced after it is withdrawn from the bank.
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@superboom12s @Saorsa @xaetacore @musha With dumb phones I probably won't get one cause getting spied on by my ISP/govt is not something I want @alex @Saorsa @xaetacore @musha I do have a custom ROM, and yeah, since I live in Spain I already know either my ISP or the government is spying on me.
The dumbphone thing is more just to force me to not use any phone stuff, I don't need it, I don't want it... And my calls should only be to contact me, not to actually talk with me, so I shouldn't be too worrdies about getting spyed on, right? -
Possible, but difficult. Not practical unless you've got access to the resources available in law enforcement.
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Possible, but difficult. Not practical unless you've got access to the resources available in law enforcement.
@Richard @alex @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha@Saorsa @alex @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha If you're hiding against ordinary citizens, then yes, it's useful, but for me personally, it's more convenient to pay by phone -
@alex @Saorsa @xaetacore @musha I do have a custom ROM, and yeah, since I live in Spain I already know either my ISP or the government is spying on me.
The dumbphone thing is more just to force me to not use any phone stuff, I don't need it, I don't want it... And my calls should only be to contact me, not to actually talk with me, so I shouldn't be too worrdies about getting spyed on, right?since I live in Spain
I hope you don't use proton mail in which case.
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since I live in Spain
I hope you don't use proton mail in which case.
@superboom12s @alex @xaetacore @musha@Saorsa @superboom12s @alex @xaetacore @musha Proton mail 2017.. 2019... "the safest mail" hahahahaha -
@Saorsa @alex @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha If you're hiding against ordinary citizens, then yes, it's useful, but for me personally, it's more convenient to pay by phoneI'm playing by an entirely different set of rules as I've never really had a phone and thus have no dependency on the conveniences provided by now.
I don't mind the extra step of withdrawing cash to use.
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Problem with that, though is you lose access to banking software. Lot of traditional of banking societies have been moving towards managing your account through a phone application and challenger banks are almost exclusively managed through them.
@alex @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha@Saorsa @alex @xaetacore @musha Yeah, that is a huge problem, sometimes you can't even mod or rot your Android just for that. If you really need it, you could have a phone in your house to the most basic things, and (for today, might not be the same in 5 years) you could still manage your banking account without them, but it's not an experience you want... -
Wdym, I'm from the UK. 🥴
I've completely sworn off anything meta related, so imagine the lack of surprise I had when I saw this pop up in my feed recently.
@superboom12s @xaetacore @alex @musha@Saorsa @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha I only use WhatsApp to stream VR from my OculusMeta Quest 3 headset -
@Saorsa @superboom12s @xaetacore @musha I only use WhatsApp to stream VR from my OculusMeta Quest 3 headset