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Commodore announces Linux-based flip phone with ‘no social media, no browser’ — the Callback 8020 will be available in five retro colorways starting at $499, runs 99% of Android apps (www.tomshardware.com)
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Linux-based phone still ‘runs 99% of Android apps’ so you can do more with it, if you wish.

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[–] 25 points 4 months ago*

My first thought was, this might be about just what's installed by default. Reading a bit further the article says:

Apparently, the OS has hard blocks to stop the installation of browsers and social media apps.

"Users are still able to sideload apps outside those that are blocked, using APK installer files..."

So I'm not sure why I would want pay 500 Dollars / Euros, just so they have control over what I can install and not. To me this would be a deal breaker. Also this seems to be "basically a custom version of the Jolla Sailfish OS", so there are probably "better" options using the same OS. And it only has 4GB of RAM? I am not impressed for the price and for the control.

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