Smartphone that isn't filled with AI slop or general enshittification?
https://slrpnk.net/post/36246045
Smartphone that isn't filled with AI slop or general enshittification? - SLRPNK
Shopping around, seems like every option is doubling down on anti-user garbage…
I don’t trust myself to do a root or anything like that - my tech skills are
juuust good enough to be painfully aware of my own dumbassery, but I’m doubting
an out-of-the-box smartphone that isn’t loaded with shit even exists. Previously
I’ve used Pixel and Galaxy, but those are both chief offenders.
Ironically, iPhones are pretty close to stock with no bloatware installed. You can delete most any of the Apple apps, they don’t allow carrier apps to be preloaded, and you can disable Apple Intelligence to get rid of anything AI they provide.
The only phones I would ever touch now are iPhones or GrapheneOS. Grephene seems dope but I have a million computers at home I tinker with all the time, I don’t want to have to THINK about anything on my phone… so I’ve been using iOS for a very long time now. I honestly love it. Expensive, but bloat-free like you said, locked-down permissions which I love (I don’t want any apps being able to see my photos!) and each phone I’ve had has lasted five or more years. I also love how easy it is to make full encrypted incremental image backups to my non-Apple desktop computer, and when I get a new phone, I plug it into computer, pres butan, and it is exactly the same as old phone but new!
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