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I’m due for a new phone and I’m strongly considering going to a dumb phone with a tablet around the house for browsing. I can carry a Kindle or something to kill time waiting for a train.


Question for the thread*: are we at a point where we build apps that chew through ad/user data, but put ourselves in a position to not have our data chewed on?

*Mostly asking because I have come across this sentiment before, not because I think op(s) are engaged in this


All of the people posting about adblockers have certainly done something about their rate of data use.

Is the question “how many of you Adblock users also work in advertising tech?”


I'd do that but a smartphone is unfortunately a great pocket camera. The sweet spot for me would be something like a modern version of the Nokia N95 — great camera, unrestricted OS that lets me write apps in Python or whatever, and terrible web browsing experience.




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