From: jjb@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 23-03-2024 06:10, candycanearter07 wrote:   
   > andal  wrote at 18:21 this Friday (GMT):   
   >> On 22 Mar 2024 15:48:41 GMT, Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Newyana2  wrote:   
   >>> [...]   
   >>>   
   >>>> 			Why is it impossible to simply buy a   
   >>>> cellphone that's not controlled by the OS provider? My TV doesn't force   
   >>>> me to watch CBS TV. My car doesn't limit the supermarkets I can drive   
   >>>> to.   
   >>>   
   >>>    As said - also to you - before, it's perfectly possible to buy a   
   >>> 'cellphone' (read: mobile phone) where you - not the phone/'OS' supplier   
   >>> - are in charge, but a *smart*phone indeed not so much.   
   >>   
   >> get a linux cellphone and you have more then smart   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > Does that exist?   
   Not a Linux phone, but a phone with several likable properties:   
   - No google stuff (except what you yourself later add);   
   - User repairable;   
   - At least 5 years OS updates.   
   Not so good:   
   - for the price there exist more advanced  smartphones.   
   Indifferent:   
   - Not for sale in the US (as far as I know).   
      
   See:   
   https://murena.com/shop/smartphones/brand-new/murena-fairphone-5/   
      
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