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What are you looking to get out of your dumb phone experience?

It sounds like you want/need the smart phone part, but not the doom scroll and spyware part.

For that I offer the following advice;

Step 1 is to delete all unnecessary apps. Keep 1 or 2 time killers, preferably puzzle games or something not related to endless scrolling, that you can start/stop anytime.

If you have one, make an old phone your "entertainment" device. This is for things like Lemmy and whatever else you do fun/pass time. Leave it the bathroom or at your spot to relax. This way you can get your internet fix, but it doesn't follow you throughout the day.

Step 2 is to make sure you set your notifications right, only communication from actual people (text/call) and important stuff like work/bank emails should make noise. Everything else can shove off.

On the spyware front, Pixel+Graphine OS is a good option, it does works with MS authenticator.

It would also help to limit how many times you can click the "10 more minutes" button. Sure you can have an extra 10 to finish up whatever you're watching/playing/etc, but after that you're done.

[Insert the graph meme]

Dried pasta ----- homemade pasta ---- Dried pasta

The one with the lightning connector that none of their new devices have and there's a million 3rd party options for old phones?

Gee what a surprise they don't want to make them anymore!!! /s

When you stop using boxed pasta.

Nose or nothing

A picture of some depressing city alleyway that's says

"Laugh at the losers who are stuck with this out their window"

Don't over think it, call is the Augmented Reality Sunlight Absorption Headset with AI.

My soul? Shit, I already gave that up to our corporate overlords. Best I can afford is the $12.71 they gave my wife when I died.

If it functions like the headline suggests;

It's for when you're already on the phone with them, if they start asking for your name, address and social security number the systems says "scam detected".

I know their article is bogus, but I could see some one trying claiming this...

"Omg this peanut butter didn't say it contained peanut butter, so I thought it was safe for little Billy. Now he's dead and its all their fault for not labeling the peanut butter properly"

standardebooks.org is a great site for reading classics.

They make very nicely formated ebooks for our enjoyment. Defiantly better than the wall of text you'll get from the .txt version or a lazily converted ebub.