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1. bm3719 · 1790088699 · focus · HN ↗

   My flip phone is a completely ad-free experience. I would recommend it for just that reason (among many, many other benefits).

   With no channel for ads in your life, when you step into public spaces, you realize how much of our linguistic and visual spectrums are polluted by ads. The ad is always the same message too: "Buy this!" it screams as loud as it can, often trying to do so over the noise floor of other ads.

   Remove ads from your life and behold the vistas of thought that open up, those previously drowned out by mindless noise.

   1. CodingJeebus · 1790090124 · focus · HN ↗

      I want (and plan) to have a flip phone one day, but work necessitates that I have a mobile OS that can support things like MFA, unfortunately.

      1. BoxOfRain · 1790090464 · focus · HN ↗

         You might want to check out the Bigme HiBreak phones, they're basically low-mid Android phones with e-ink screens. They work perfectly well for the dull functional things expected of a phone, while rendering all the addictive and spammy patterns pretty ineffective. I've found my one very useful as an intermediate step between a dumbphone and a traditional smartphone.

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