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From: Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
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Subject: Re: is my phone ON or is it OFF?
Date: 1 May 2024 10:08:31 GMT
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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.