Parler may seriously impact Apple, if banned. Currently deciding what phone to upgrade to.

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[cba123]

I think with Apple threatening to ban Parler, they may just make a HUGE mistake.

Apple can ban it. Sure.

But Google cannot prevent people from downloading the app to their phones.

75,000,000 Americans may be looking for an alternative to Twitter now.

Today.

[pangaea6]

Whelp issues on laptop now

[Delta 21]

Never paid any money for an Apple product.

Now I never will.

[Schatze]

there really is no phone choice other than not to have one.

We lived without smart phones before they existed. I think life would be much simpler without them.

[LegendHasIt]

Open Source Pinephone:

https://pine64.com/?v=0446c16e2e66

There are also a few other open source Phones:

https://linuxsmartphones.com/

Every major cell phone provider is an enemy agent, so it will take a bit of effort to get yourself out from under their tyranny and spying.

[cba123]

Samsung S21 is being released next week.

I like the looks of it.

Bye Apple.

[jersey117]

They all seem to think 90 million of us don’t count. We’ll show them

[LegendHasIt]

Pine also has tablets

[Justa]

Samsung. They’re in a spat with Google for default apps as Samsung wants to use their own and G is playing dirty to force Samsung to stick with Google apps.

[jersey117]

Grounds for a massive class action lawsuit? Paging class action lawyers who want to get rich.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I agree. I rarely use my Tracfone. Costs me about $100 year.

I don’t understand why people sign phone contracts for hundreds of dollars a month.

[Yo-Yo]

Google just banned Parler from the Google Play store. So Android phones are affected as well.

[CodeToad]

Apple has never entered into censorship that I have ever heard. To do that now would be instant death to Apple’s sales in the US.

[CodeToad]

You don’t need the play store to download apps into an Android phone.

[austinaero]

I’m interested in this as well.

[Codeflier]

Very easy to sideload with Android.

Don’t go with Samsung, they will soon block. I suggest Motorola phones. Very limited overlay of Android OS.

[cgbg]

so might CB, Walkie Talkies and Morse code

Snowden proved the Feds couldn't care less about anybody's "rights" and can and will monitor any electronic communications they want to at any time--and there is nothing anybody in DC is going to do about it.

Bottom line--your post is _exactly_ where we should be moving...

It is wildly delusional to believe in any communications security using the Internet.

[crazycat]

Get an Android phone and use an independent App store like FDroid or Aptoide

turn off as many Google apps as u can and ignore all requests to update Google anything, especially their App staore.

[MayflowerMadam]

Just heard Parler is off Android now. True? IDK.

[puppypusher]

I have an Iphone 7 thats about 3 years old and when that thing dies I’m buying a Samsung or LG Phone.As far as I’m concerned their just as good if not better then apple. Besides that I’m not of having the artchitechture that they have where if the Battery dies your stuck and forced to by a new Phone. Its really stupid and it contributes to to much electronic waste.

Screw Apple.

[Codeflier]

There currently is no such thing as “off Android”. There is “off Play Store” though. Look into sideloading APK apps.