Re: is my phone ON or is it OFF?

On 5/1/24 06:08, Frank Slootweg wrote:

bad?sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:

On 4/30/24 10:01, Frank Slootweg wrote:

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    My take is that 'bad sector' just wants to ramble/vent.

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Not really, what I want is CHANGE. The BlackBerry had not only real
buttons but chicklety ones extremely well engineeered for that positive
feel. My son had one, they *were disappeared* just when I was getting
set to buy one! I had to do with a basic cell-phone with no texto even.
I did what I needed done but a while ago it packed up so I wanted to buy
another one like it but with texto capability. My provider said
"FORGET-IT, we've been keeping your special low-end account for as long
as you phone would last, now it's NOT renewable anymore". So I went and
bought this android zFlip5 but it's a giga-letdown for too many reasons
to mention and I think I will get rid of it. I can live without a
cell-phone, my take is that demand will eventually force design
improvements as well as open source non-proprietary OS'es developed by
units walking on two legs. Meanwhile I call a spade a spade and I will
let no apple, faecesbook or goongle steer my life, they already have way
too much influence on my bowel movements.
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    As I've said to others with similar needs/wants/complaints:
      Buy a 'dumb'/'feature' phone and be done with it. They still have real
keys/ buttons. have SMS capability and can work on modern 4G (and of
course 2G and 3G) networks. Problem solved.

Other than satellite, where I live there are only 3 providers one of which (Bell) doesn't even have my physical address in their data base so when I call them they say "you do not exist". The other big one (Telus) is the only major that is available on paper but with only 4g service and so poor as to make the entire idea of a cell-phone laughable, tethering is a joke that NEVER works. The third one is a discount arm of Telus selling their crap for a few pennies less. I'm only saying this to put things into perspective. Telus as I said will NOT renew my old plane-jane service for a plain-jane flip phone fare, I have no choice but to go with the minimal but hefty price of full 5g and tethering package very little of which could I use with ANY phone and almost none of which with less. Bottom line, if I have service at all be that minimally high-end on paper, I might as well have the phone for it.
Problem 'solving' would BEGIN with stomping on the manufacturers' and providers' balls with both feet and forcing them into line or lose their market or licenses. Unfortunately our barbie-boy leader always sits with his legs crossed.