Agreed, it’s an odd move when so much else about the phone is being marketed as having the user’s interests at heart. If you scratch a bit and squint at the wording they’re using, though, it feels more and more like the CEO has his own idea of how people should be using their phones and is pushing that. The fact that it is more privacy respecting is incidental to the fact. I could be wrong, but that’s the vibe I’ve certainly gotten.
It’s too bad. I wouldn’t mind having a phone with no social media but no browser is probably going to be a dealbreaker for me. Their FAQ says it’s basically a way of ‘cheating’ to get to social media sites and that’s incredibly condescending. I probably just want to look up if a nearby store is still open or something.
the CEO has his own idea of how people should be using their phones and is pushing that.
He does and he is. I’ve watched Perifractic’s channel for awhile and he is really very strident about “digital detox” on account of his smartphone use negatively effecting his mental health. This phone is made for Peri specifically; he just happens to be selling it.
(Which I’m fine with, by the way. I hope it does well; I’d like to see the new Commodore stick around a little longer.)
Agreed, it’s an odd move when so much else about the phone is being marketed as having the user’s interests at heart. If you scratch a bit and squint at the wording they’re using, though, it feels more and more like the CEO has his own idea of how people should be using their phones and is pushing that. The fact that it is more privacy respecting is incidental to the fact. I could be wrong, but that’s the vibe I’ve certainly gotten.
It’s too bad. I wouldn’t mind having a phone with no social media but no browser is probably going to be a dealbreaker for me. Their FAQ says it’s basically a way of ‘cheating’ to get to social media sites and that’s incredibly condescending. I probably just want to look up if a nearby store is still open or something.
He does and he is. I’ve watched Perifractic’s channel for awhile and he is really very strident about “digital detox” on account of his smartphone use negatively effecting his mental health. This phone is made for Peri specifically; he just happens to be selling it.
(Which I’m fine with, by the way. I hope it does well; I’d like to see the new Commodore stick around a little longer.)
I mean the iPhone was what Steve Jobs wanted.
If there’s a market for it then leave them to it
You know what, that’s fair.