return2ozma@lemmy.world to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

447

People want 'dumbphones'. Will companies make them?

return2ozma@lemmy.world to

Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Self-labelled neo-Luddites and the tech-stressed are searching for phones with fewer features. Industry experts cite precarious profit margins and a wobbly market around this need.

Chat

rottingleaf@lemmy.zip
link
fedilink
English
arrow-up
29
arrow-down
1·
6 months ago
People want these to avoid watching ads and being a guinea pig for their own money.

If something like Maemo was a thing today, would be different.
- lolcatnip@reddthat.com
  link
  fedilink
  English
  arrow-up
  2·
  6 months ago
  So maybe they could just…not use apps that bombard them with ads? How hard is that?

Technology@lemmy.world

technology@lemmy.world

You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !technology@lemmy.world

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

Follow the lemmy.world rules.
Only tech related content.
Be excellent to each another!
Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
Politics threads may be removed.
No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots

Visibility: Public

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

3.52K users / day
10.1K users / week
17.8K users / month
35K users / 6 months
1 local subscriber
59.1K subscribers
10.2K Posts
413K Comments
Modlog