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On 5/1/24 06:08, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> bad?sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
>> On 4/30/24 10:01, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>>     My take is that 'bad sector' just wants to ramble/vent.
>>
>> Not really, what I want is CHANGE. The BlackBerry had not only real
>> buttons but chicklety ones extremely well engineeered for that positive
>> feel. My son had one, they *were disappeared* just when I was getting
>> set to buy one! I had to do with a basic cell-phone with no texto even.
>> I did what I needed done but a while ago it packed up so I wanted to buy
>> another one like it but with texto capability. My provider said
>> "FORGET-IT, we've been keeping your special low-end account for as long
>> as you phone would last, now it's NOT renewable anymore". So I went and
>> bought this android zFlip5 but it's a giga-letdown for too many reasons
>> to mention and I think I will get rid of it. I can live without a
>> cell-phone, my take is that demand will eventually force design
>> improvements as well as open source non-proprietary OS'es developed by
>> units walking on two legs. Meanwhile I call a spade a spade and I will
>> let no apple, faecesbook or goongle steer my life, they already have way
>> too much influence on my bowel movements.
>>
>> tinyurl.com/3s7bkhw7
> 
>    As I've said to others with similar needs/wants/complaints:
>    
>    Buy a 'dumb'/'feature' phone and be done with it. They still have real
> keys/ buttons. have SMS capability and can work on modern 4G (and of
> course 2G and 3G) networks. Problem solved.

Other than satellite, where I live there are only 3 providers one of 
which (Bell) doesn't even have my physical address in their data base so 
when I call them they say "you do not exist". The other big one (Telus) 
is the only major that is available on paper but with only 4g service 
and so poor as to make the entire idea of a cell-phone laughable, 
tethering is a joke that NEVER works. The third one is a discount arm of 
Telus selling their crap for a few pennies less. I'm only saying this to 
put things into perspective. Telus as I said will NOT renew my old 
plane-jane service for a plain-jane flip phone fare, I have no choice 
but to go with the minimal but hefty price of full 5g and tethering 
package very little of which could I use with ANY phone and almost none 
of which with less. Bottom line, if I have service at all be that 
minimally high-end on paper, I might as well have the phone for it.

Problem 'solving' would BEGIN with stomping on the manufacturers' and 
providers' balls with both feet and forcing them into line or lose their 
market or licenses. Unfortunately our barbie-boy leader always sits with 
his legs crossed.