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.