Team Teddy

There’s so much bullshit with smartphones now that make them a pain to use, I’m honestly considering at this point to just get a flipphone and buy separate devices for the things it can do. Get a camera, MP3 player, and portable DVD player and live life the way people did 20 years ago.

Since my Dad wasnt able to get me a Google Pixel I’m honestly considering a dumbphone at this point. Make my Samsung a glorified MP3 player.

For me its less “I have nothing to hide” and more “I am literally forced to use this because I have no other option”

Samsung because I cannot afford a Google Pixel that still supports GrapheneOS, I didn’t get the money I needed

Steam because I can’t play my games without them

Amazon cause that’s the only online store my parents will buy from 99% of the time

And Discord because all my friends are on there and I cant get them to move, plus there’s currently not a very good Discord alternative imo

Unfortunatley I don’t have the balls to delete mine, because doing so would make me lose years of emails and files and youtube videos.

I’ve heard that there’s phones that use Linux, so I imagine once modifying Android isn’t an option focus will probably go into making that more viable.

Something you learn quick about degoogling is that there’s just some services that cannot ever match up with their product. Google Maps is one of those products.

The main issue with YouTube alternatives that makes people not want to move is they can no longer watch their favorite creators because none of them want to move from YouTube. Especially the ones whos entire JOB is making YouTube content.