It no longer runs WhatsApp, actually. The new version of the OS (KaiOS which is a fork of the dead Firefox OS) broke compatibility and Meta apparently decided to not bother with supporting it.
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It's too early to call me out like that.
Funny enough, Nokia started making cheap flip phones and some others in that form factor again. My daughter asked to replace her smartphone with one of the flip phones. It was only $70, so I got her one. It's build quality is what you would expect, but it works and has GPS at least.
Google can get fucked. I feel like there will be a nontrivial market for de-googled or older and unlocked Android phones after this. If they manage to kill off custom roms with their previous AOSP rug pull I'll go back to using a (subpar) Linux phone or maybe even one of those cheap flip phones.
Lol of course it isn't that hyperbolic. I am still a functioning adult and in fact the main breadwinner of my family. I didn't set out to be some sort of pop culture storage device, it happened naturally. I do still remember things, I just don't write them down generally. My wife writes things down specifically because she will not remember them otherwise. Her journaling tendencies are why she has taken on the role of documenting things like appointments and such. If I was on my own again, I'd have to come up with my own method.
This is exactly the dynamic my wife and I have.
For real, this just further cemented me not wanting to buy any new Intel devices.
When I was 18 and my parents moved away, I only had $30 for food that first month. I was able to get ramen for 10/$1 and it got me through. It took me many years to be able to enjoy ramen after I was able to afford not being forced to eat it.
This kid is straight up hacking time. He better watch out for laser raptors.
Agreed, that's an excellent new word. Cromulent even.
In case you're curious, the Nokia flip phone I got my daughter is the Nokia 2780 Flip.