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[–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nah! If they kill it Linux mobile will get better!

[–] shonkyshonky@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

the year of the Linux smartphone

[–] SuspiciousCarrot78@aussie.zone 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nah...we need digital divergence.

Dumbphone + tethering.

Let the phone manufacturers and carriers handle the “phone” part-with all the messy IMEI whitelisting, compliance and VoLTE shit.

The good stuff can live on a small Linux tablet.

No need to wait for the perfect Linux phone OS, working diallers, carrier support and all the rest of it.

The solution is already here. We just need to stop insisting that it all has to be one device.

[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Btw, do you know a dumb phone that can tether?

Yes, lots. Here - try the dumb phone finder tool here; it's region specific

https://www.dumbphones.org/

[–] curbstickle_lw@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

TCL Flip.

Its also like $100

[–] undrwater@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

This is what my future probably looks like.

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago

Only if efforts can transfer over, which means devs currently standing on the paid side of Google!Android would have to move over to develop Linux mobile and develop for Linux mobile.