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Apple has added persistent 'ads' to iOS, and it's driving users crazy

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  1. bm3719 · · 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 · · 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. thoughtpalette · · focus · HN ↗
        I tried out dumb.co. Their flip phone supports maps, MFA, Uber, imessage/call forwarding.

        I unfortunately didn't use it nearly as much as I thought I would have. It's also significantly bulkier in my pocket than my 13 mini. Loved the idea though.

        1. asdff · · focus · HN ↗
          Why though? I mean you can use your 13 mini like that and just delete everything but those couple apps you actually need.
          1. thoughtpalette · · focus · HN ↗
            Mostly for nostalgia, I loved my Kyocera flip phone growing up. And yea, I basically just added time management tools to IG and Reddit on the 13 and I've been fine.
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