A spoon is a utensil and not technology in the context of this community. Samsung is all about technology. They’re huge.

I admit, the wording here is a bit… Weird. But my guess is, the OP just doesn’t want their kids subjected to drama 24/7. Evolution really had nothing in store to deal with the sheer amount of information that Smartphones provide. It’s unnatural and very unhealthy for the mind. Drama face to face? Sure! That’s part of life. Internet drama? Fuck that noise. Humans need rest from certain areas of life, which they don’t get with the 24/7 online aspect of phones.

I do agree with the dumbphone bit. A dumphone makes a lot of sense, e.g. in the case of an emergency. Plus, they can call their friends, which has way more social merit than texting does.

I think you’re interpreting way too much into that person’s post. And wrongly too.

I know I am buying it once the price goes down considerably. Wasn’t it rumoured to start with 3 digits? I’m a patient gamer.

Not entirely related, but why do so many people use Discord? What’s the appeal? I only ever used it as a replacement vor teamspeak or ventrilo. And I honestly hate most online games.

Same in the EU, though its changing slowly. The French started a Trend with affordable, smaller EVs.

Most VW cars have plenty of buttons and levers on the steering wheel. It’s really not that bad. Except for the fuckup with the touch/swipe buttons on the steering wheel in some cars, lol. I personally like a good mixture of well placed and functional buttons and a touchscreen. The former for primary and secondary features that are frequently used while driving, and the latter for scrolling through settings/playlists and navigation.

If you can achieve the same thing with one single tap instead of going through what the OP has to, then yes.

And depending on how many buttons there are, chances are you have to look at the buttons too.

SmartTube has Sponsorblock integrated by the way.

IronFox is on F-Droid. That where I got it from at least

Yeah, almost forgot about that!

For real! Who uses the handbreak apart from actually parking somewhere? Even then it’s not required, though I prefer it that way.

You can usually change the driving mode from eco over comfort to sport. They all behave differently. And the there’s the kick down, that’ll definitely shift down unless the revs would be too high.

I love driving manual, have done it since I was 18. But automatic transmissions nowadays are really good.

In Germany it’s definitely true. You can witness this process in real-time. I already know the “arguments” the brainwashed masses come up with and if there’s some new hot take, I usually go to one of the fact checking sites and immediately find said hot take there. It’s crazy how easy it is to manipulate the masses via social media. There has never been anything more efficient than this shit.

This can be said for the internet in general. Just look at the brainwashed masses. Without easy access to the internet via smartphones, Trump, Weidel, Wilders, Meloni etc. would never stand a fucking chance.

IronFox

They usually use the foreign word for rule anyway (ルール)

Normies don’t use adblockers though. So this doesn’t change a thing, lol.

Wouldn’t the fediverse actually be a good starting point for getting organized? That always seems to be the most difficult part. The Nazis have it easy because they have plenty of money to use the algorithms for their own advantage.

I’m very happy that people like you exist. It’s just not as easy as you make it seem. I live in Germany and we face a very similar political fate. I feel pretty helpless. I go to protests, I donate money to causes that work against nazi shit. I invested heavily in changing my lifestyle to a much greener one. But all of that has just a tiny impact unfortunately. I’m too old to get physical plus I have to take care of my daughter. Many people are reliant on a functioning society.

As long as social media exists the way it does now, nothing will really change. I will be writing EU officials to boycott American tech. If Europe stops using that shit, propaganda is reduced to traditional media, which isn’t nearly as effective. But again, this is just a tiny drop in an ocean of things we would have to do.