Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish.

Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish

  • laranis@lemmy.zip
    571·
    2 months ago
    • $500
    • Runs 99% of Android apps
    • Blocks work and social apps
    • Blocks browser installs

    Who is this for?

    • Alk@sh.itjust.works
      281·
      2 months ago

      Yeah, I get wanting it to be for disconnecting from social media and doomscroll but to actually block the apps? What if someone changes their mind and legitimately needs to access if for some reason? Buy a new phone? No way. My phone is a tool and I should be able to use it how I want. This is no different than Google blocking 3rd party apps. Let me run what I want on my own phone.

        • Alk@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          2 months ago

          It should, but at that point why block them in the first place? Just don’t install them by default or create any integrations for them.

    • AbsolutelyNotAVelociraptor@piefed.socialEnglish
      141·
      2 months ago

      They can’t be installed from the app store, but you can sideload the apk to install them.

      Who is this for? Me. If it didn’t cost $500, I’d get it. I don’t have any social apps and I have a work phone (that I leave in the office when my shift ends). I would simply install a firefox fork apk and be done with it. No socials (aside lemmy), and no need for work apps. This phone would be for me if the price were something in the 200-300 area.