Hello Fediverse!

I'm happy to announce the Single Purpose Devices community on Lemmy, a place for discussion, sharing of ideas and recommendations about the growing trend of single purpose devices: rather than relying on a smartphone that brings you anxiety and demands attention, how about going back to the days of carrying a MP3 player, a notebook and pen and a beautiful camera?

While people join this movement for a variety of different reasons, from reclaiming digital privacy, to mental health, to evading anti-customer repair policies and malicious software updates, we can all share our own experiences and tips. See you there!

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I wonder if using a whole computer for in the spirit of a single purpose device. Seems a bit overkill.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Is the objective to "reclaim control over your technology", or is it to be a single purpose device? I can think of a lot of single purpose devices loaded with subscriptions and telemetry, and just as many general purpose computing platforms without that crap that let you be in control.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Pi Zero is barely a 'whole computer' – that phrase overestates the situation

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Ah well, a Pi Zero I suppose is less overkill.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    There was some science-fiction writer in the mid 20th century argued that each household would have one humanoid robot. Because, he said, if you have a robot vacuum and a robot lawnmower etc. you'd need multiple computers, and that's overkill.

    Sounds silly in hindsight because a 'whole computer' turned out to be cheap and small, and it's not a big deal to have multiple.

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