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Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Permacomputing@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago

Not smart but clever? The return of 'dumbphones'

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Not smart but clever? The return of 'dumbphones'

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Rozaŭtuno@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Permacomputing@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 years ago
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Why sales of very basic mobile phones, without apps and internet connection, are increasing.
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    Oh it’s this time of the year again. I swear every year for the past 5 years I’ve read the same article about the return of dumb phones.

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      It’s the year of the dumb phone, right after the year of the Linux desktop!

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        Yeah but Valve might push Year of Linux into actually being a real thing.

        The ship sailed on dumbphones a few years ago.

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      Yeah and they never actually returned.

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