[dangus]

Yeah, this whole discussion thread is essentially irrelevant to the underlying topic because of exactly what you said.

It’s just the typical HN humble brag thread about being present and owning no technology.

Awesome that these folks don’t own a phone and give their landline to businesses. I love that for them.

But I like my smartphone, GPS directions, digital wallets, streaming music, etc. I just don’t want it to be controlled by two companies. I want there to be a healthy market of multiple options including open source alternatives.

This for me has been achieved on my desktop and laptop but not yet on my smartphone.