cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/12741016
They also took your FM radio
this post was submitted on 16 Oct 2026
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Cells phones outside the US could even record FM. All the technology that was kept from us because of things like copyright is staggering.
What about telecommunication companies conspiring with phone developers to force communication into the different buckets of data, voice, and text and then charge us for each?
This reminds me when cellphone companies used to charge for sms sent lmao
That's what I'm talking about, before cell phones were a thing, they weren't a thing. When they were becoming a thing they specifically conspired to segregate data into different streams so they could rip us off. And yeah 30 cents to send a 140 Byte chunk of data
My BlackBerry had a notification LED that I could set to different colors and based on the type of notification. Made it super easy to see if there was something I needed to look at without picking it up. I miss that.
My Motorola Moto E2 had a notification LED but for some reason it was disabled in software and I never saw it until I installed LineageOS. I was shocked seeing a random white light turning on under the bezel
Early Android phones had that, too. A very neat feature they got rid of.
Take away your ability to install apps that aren't stamped approved.
Oh wait, one did it over a decade ago and the other is about to start enforcing it.
Oh, and there's pretty much only the two of them.
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I lowkey kinda wish Fairphone would make a new phone that has an aux port for the craic. And an FM radio built in too. Use the aux port as an antenna like how older phones did before they stopped doing it.
I hate when people take away the freedom that people already have and claim it's in the name of improvement. This applies in technology or anything.
Ooh, maybe a dedicated AI button right next to the power button that can't be turned off or used for any other function that you accidentally hit all of the time.
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I miss the headphone jack so much.
That's still a hard requirement for me, but I don't mind using older "tech".
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They are working hard on taking away SIM cards so that you can't move to another phone without your provider charging you and giving you an okay.
Yes in theory eSIM cards are better, but the way many providers handle issuing you an eSIM card is a nightmare. Whereas with a physical SIM I can just pull it out and put it in any phone that supports that provider without a problem.
I went as far as buying one of those physical SIM cards that holds e-sims on it so that I can swap that into a new phone. But newer phones are more frequently not coming with SIM slots at all.
I'm resisting esims for as long as possible.
Nanosims provide this key feature where I can put my sim in a cheap 20$ flip phone when I go snowboarding or kayaking and don't want to risk breaking my smart phone.
This also is a convenient way to get Google, and tech, and social media noise away from me for a short time.
I also noticed there is a complete lack of esim capable dumb phones. This has me starting to question the motivation behind esim.
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Something I “love” about my current phone is it has like a 60gb hard drive. This could hold all of the photos I will ever take for the rest of my life. But it keeps trying to put them on the cloud, and then it complains that I’m running out of space because my free 5 gigs on the cloud are full. I never wanted to save anything to the cloud in the first place… just save them into my phone… this is fucking stupid.
Pardon me, we'd like to spy on you, but space is expensive, could you possibly be willing to pay for us to look through your photos?
Microsoft onedrive is the same shit. Don't you want to keep backups? It literally costs us pennies, how about $100 a year?
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>they took your bootloader unlocking
>they took your sideloading(i think)
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I love modern phone cameras. My Pixel 10 pro takes pretty amazing pics and I'm on graphene so I don't worry about being watched. I do miss headphone jacks. I've been thinking about getting a portable DAC/amp and going back to wired headphones but I'm already carrying 2 devices because of my diabeetus, and I'm likely going to have a work phone soon as well.
Activate Multi-User mode under GrapheneOS + add your work profile there.
PS: There are a few good headphone adapters w/power delivery available
DAC drains your battery like crazy. At least mine does when paired with Sennheiser HD6xx. You might want a battery powered one.
They will try to discourage use of on-screen keyboards (making them dumber and less reliable) to force you to use AI dictation and sell you more headphones.
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Not sure why this is a "shit post." This actually happened.
They remove the math-based image processing and replace it with AI, making all your photos invalid as any kind of evidence.
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Next thing to take: unlockable bootloaders so you can no longer install an alt OS.
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With wireless charging existing, I wouldn't be surprised if they got rid of the USB port as well, and sold phones with no ports at all, just wireless everything.
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Forced age attestation on unlock. Camera always on.
No more touch screens! You press a button to turn it on and you watch/look at/read whatever we give you to watch/look at/read! But first, point the camera at your ID and bank cards.
I miss the IR blaster so much. It was great to not only be able to control my own devices, but also be able to change TV's in waiting rooms or gyms when they were stuck on shit like Fox News.
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They're going to integrate AI and make it non-removable. "You need this."
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I recently upgraded my phone, and the lack of a 3.5mm jack really hurts. But at least I have an excuse not to listen to my sister's 20 min Whatsapp voice messages...
One other thing I really miss is the LED indicator that you have new notifications when the screen is off.
when the screen is off
Well that's your problem. You're supposed to be engaging with content 24/7. The screen turning off at all sounds like a user error.
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We'll add five cameras! And guess what, if even one camera fails, we'll brick all five! Isn't that great! More points of failure for everyone ❤️
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Next they will add more AI and more tracking and more ads.
"Cameras always on"
For the user experience.
/s
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