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I Don’t Have a Smartphone…

When you ask someone to install your app or to scan your QR code, you make the following assumptions:

  1. That person owns a smartphone (which is at least a couple hundred dollars).
  2. That person has the smartphone on them right now.
  3. The smartphone is in working condition.
  4. It has enough battery to install your app, use it then finish the day.
  5. It has enough storage left for your app.
  6. It has enough network coverage.
  7. That person has enough data left on their data plan.
  8. They have a valid and connected Google account (or, an Apple one).
  9. They are comfortable with taking out the phone and dedicating some time and attention to the screen right now while not paying attention to all those notifications that the phone surely gathered since its last use.
  10. They are willing to accept all the conditions of your apps, including sending you personal data, registering an account, etc.

The main point is that, despite being an e-ink device and being totally Google-free, the Mudita is an Android smartphone. I can install apps and, yes, I love the smartphone concept for the tools I choose. I have Signal (well, I use Molly to connect to Signal). I also have the app of my bike GPS. I don’t use it often but when I’m lost far from everything and it starts raining, I launch the Komoot app, ask for the shortest way home and upload it to my bike computer.

Idée séduisante. J'aime beaucoup les écran e-ink. Mais au quotidien j'ai besoin d'un navigateur.

But, having been brainwashed enough by Google, banks think I cannot be trusted to do banking on a computer I own while doing it on a small piece of glass that I keep in my pocket is "safe." Logging in on banking websites requires me to authenticate on a smartphone that checks for Google services.

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I’m fighting hard but I foresee a moment when we will all be officially forced to have a Google account. If you have children, you are also forced to have a Meta account as everything school related now happens through Whatsapp.

Effrayant quand on y pense.

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