google is a prison and the enemy of FOSS, we really need an alternative

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/40230491

Blåhaj Lemmy - Choose Your Interface

i have come to love just not owning a smartphone anymore.

World is way more of an adventure when you out and about without internet connection on you.

Wana know how to get somewhere? Find a map or ask someone.

Pay something? There is cash for that.

Wana take a picture? Just take a camera with you, because lets be real 99% of the pics in your smartphones camera roll wont get viewed ever again anyhow.

Wana meet with other people? Well make out a time and spot before u leave the house…

Wana be reachable to others while u out and about? Dont! Its a wonderfull feeling not to be.

Wana pass some time while waiting for someone/something? Bring a book.

Sure it may be inconvinient for others that you are not instantly reachable 24/7. But its a wonderfull feeling not to be. To comunicate on your own terms.

Sounds wondeful, though it’s not possible in some parts of the world. Here in Sweden you need a phone to use a lot of services, and very few places still accept cash as payment.
I did float to myself the idea of essentially stripping a phone bare of everything except necessary apps though, would get 80% of the way there
At that point would not stripping a smartwatch be better? No need to carry around a phone.
I already have a phone I can strip. I do not own a smartwatch.