Yeah, fair. I picked this as an example, but overall I'd consider a phone unusable if you can be denied apps. Especially when it comes to important things like censorship evasion tools, which are very likely to be deleted from App Store on request.
EngineerGaming
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I can't imagine using a phone that I can't even use adless Youtube on :/
I am a very average-sized woman with average-sized hands, and big phones would have been unusable for me. Seems like they're all for big men's palms.
I picked the Pixel A because:
- It runs GrapheneOS
- It's slightly smaller and slightly cheaper than the normal version
- The back is plastic and not glass
Glad I can use it and type on it one-handed, can't imagine using a bigger phone.
Yes, true.
Oh thank god. Was getting sick of only having hella overpriced and slow satellite internet there.
Not even that. In addition to being proprietary, it requires an account to use.
Also you need an account to even view it. And I've heard they're really trigger-happy about banning the accounts or holding them hostage until you provide a phone number...
I'm pretty sure my Debian doesn't collect personal data either
Me who dreads having to give her husband sex when she becomes a wife and hopes he'd pity her enough to not do it to her when she's clearly miserable and hates every second of it:
But no one can take a file from my hard drives either. No need for it to be on a low-capacity disk when a thing half the size of a DVD box can fit orders of magnitude more.
I would rather spend this time on a device with a 15' screen and a comfortable keyboard. A phone is just that - a secondary device. That needs to be comfortable to hold and type on with one hand while the other holds onto the subway railing.