Re: Making a DIY smart or dumb phone

[Bone Baboon <bone.baboon@disroot.org>]

jbranso--- via writes:

> I'm getting really tired of carrying my Android phone around with google's spyware,

This issue is larger than just Android / iOS and the applications a user
deliberately uses.  There is also the issue of unwanted spyware.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Pegasus_(investigation)>

You could eliminating the issues mobile phones have entirely by choosing
to not use a mobile phone.

<https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Going_NoPhone>

>  (apologies for the youtube link...)

You could share Invidious links as well as YouTube links.  The YouTube
links could be a backup in case the Invidious server linked to goes
down.

<https://docs.invidious.io/Invidious-Instances.md>

> and unfortunately it needs to support SMS and traditional calls, so there might be some binary blobs for the modem.

You can do SMS using email.

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_gateway#Email_clients>

Maybe you could convince the people you want to talk to use free
software like Jami.  For people who are physically nearby walkie talkies
are an option.

<https://jami.net/>

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkie-talkie>