Comment by EmotionalSugar8327 on 14/06/2024 at 14:48 UTC

3 upvotes, 2 direct replies (showing 2)

View submission: I Need WhatsApp/Spotify/(Insert App) Master Post

In my opinion the people using dump phones just to be away from internet and social media, so buying Android dump phones (unless they are so cheap compering to the traditional smartphones) is just money wasting

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Comment by subhumanrobot42 at 12/09/2024 at 17:36 UTC

15 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I wouldn't say WhatsApp is social media though. In my country, it's essential. No one uses texts or calls through their provider, because everyone uses WhatsApp. Even my grandparents use WhatsApp.

Comment by codenameana at 04/10/2024 at 20:46 UTC*

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I’m in the UK and we exclusively use WhatsApp for all texting and information sharing. I see it as communication as opposed to social media.

I find Americans text via iMessage by default the way we use WhatsApp by default.

So my ideal dumb phone would

• Have the following: phone calls + WhatsApp + Spotify + map + ideally card payments if I forget my wallet.

AKA FUNCTIONAL

• have none of the following AKA SOCIALS: web browser, emails (this is the number one thing that bothers me on smartphones - the expectation to check work and personal emails at all times of the day and night!) or socials like ig/fb/tiktok/snapchat.