Re: Ahoy Pie R8s! New Win11

On Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:45:19 -0400
"Joel W. Crump" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 8/17/2026 12:58 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> > On 2026-08-17, c186282 <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> On 8/16/26 13:01, L Thorpe wrote:
> >>> On Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:44:53 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
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> >>     And then it all went SO BAD ...
> >>
> >>     At some point soon I'm gonna need to buy a
> >>     half-ass big-screen "phone". HATE 'em. Keep
> >>     a little FLIP as my mobile now.
> > 
> > I'll give up my flip phone when they pry it from
> > my cold dead fingers.  It sends and receives calls
> > and texts (including pictures).  I neither need
> > nor want anything more.  They're not hard to
> > find, either.  I got my latest one for $100;
> > its $50 predecessor was just too shitty, but
> > as with anything else you get what you pay for..
> 
> 
> What do you do if you need a computer when you're driving?  Do you even 
> realize that you can get a map app on the smartphone?
> 
> 
> >>                                     My carrier is
> >>     not gonna support my great old landline much
> >>     longer - they've already raised the PRICE
> >>     insanely, hoping I'll quit. Clue, I'm NOT
> >>     gonna buy the new crap-phone from THEM - but
> >>     from another. Pref Android. Samsung phones
> >>     are gonna be IT.
> > 
> > In our latest account update with the telco, they
> > threw in a Google Pixel 9a for a dollar.  It sits
> > on a shelf in its original box, a testament to my
> > attempt to live as Google-free a life as possible.
> 
> 
> The Pixel doesn't appeal to me, Samsung is the best smartphone maker, 
> IMO.  Fuck Apple.
> 
You might want to take continue this discussion in a mobile phone NG;
it's nowt to do with linux, mac,w11,or w10.

PS the Samsung Keyboard applet has 5 "privacy notices".


FU set to cma
-- 
Bah, and indeed Humbug.