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If you bought this e-junk in the first place you’re kind of a moron.

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Well I guess it depends on when you bought it. If it was off eBay recently to try this new open platform that would be way less moronic.

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34 points

Why?

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44 points

This is the question that should’ve been asked before it was built and shipped.

Now that it has been, though, any effort to keep it out of landfill and find a use for the hardware is good.

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No, it’s useless. Put your energy somewhere else like Linux phones.

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4 points

People can put their energy wherever they damn well please. You can work on Linux phones if you want to.

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8 points

Right, you’re the boss.

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i wonder how the rabbit is doing?

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13 points

Why would anyone want to revive this piece of sluggish useless piece of crap?

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Maybe because it’s got a CPU and memory, and because ewaste harms us all?

I’m all in favor of upcycling.

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4 points

There are small language models out there that can run fluently on smartphones. I’m fond of StableCode as a coding tutor. My dream is to be able to speak to the tutor and see its code instructions without having to dig my phone out.

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10 points

if someone has ideas, I say let them cook. Open sourcing this can’t be bad for anyone imo.

Though I agree in a way, I don’t understand what anyone found potentially useful with this thing in the first place.

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I’m all for things that can extend its life one more time. Honestly if the hardware was capable of performing on various levels, I’d really like to replace my phone. But again I’m torn between getting a dumb phone or just go back pen pals to whom ever I need to write to/back

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a cellular smartwatch might be an option for you, maybe alongside an e-reader.

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0 points

how many smartwatches existed that can be used without a phone?

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apple watch can be set up on a family members iphone.

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