Hello

I’m being pushed into the market by google/android to acquire a new phone due to it slowing down. I’m sick of this marketing tactic and the clutter of preinstalled apps and junk software.

What phone and operating system could I get that could allow me to use for a long period of time and out of reach from subversive tactics from giant corporations?

I’m basically a farmer and so know nothing about coding and not too technologically oriented but would really like to break away from the capitalist/hyperconsumerist phone craze. Thank you.

      • poVoq@lemmy.ml
        6·
        3 years ago

        Then try to install LinageOS on it. I am on a phone from 2016 with LinageOS and I can’t complain about speed.

        • Mana@lemmygrad.mlOP
          4·
          3 years ago

          Any recommended tutorials on how to install this stuff? Looks like Lineage is the most applicable to my phone.

          • Slatlun@lemmy.ml
            8·
            3 years ago

            The Lineage site had decent instructions for my phone

            Edit: You only have to do this once, so take time to read and understand the instuctions before you start.

            • Mana@lemmygrad.mlOP
              4·
              3 years ago

              Holy Moly. I guess because I have a Verizon and not a “global” phone, I am not permitted to unlock the phone. Capitalism has thwarted me.

              • Slatlun@lemmy.ml
                3·
                3 years ago

                Yeah, that is awful. I got lucky and mine wasn’t. The next phone I buy I will know to make sure it isn’t unlockable. Actually I will probably just go for a phone with a good OS installed already.