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Subject: Re: Disabling answering the phone.
Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2024 11:44:23 +0200
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On Fri, 12 Apr 2024, John McCue wrote:

> Sylvia Else <sylvia@email.invalid> wrote:
> <snip>
>>
>> How did we get to the point where one has to do a web search just to be
>> able to answer the infernal device?
>
> No kidding!  Also I have a hard time hanging up the "smart"
> phone.  These phones do not make using it as a phone easy.
> I am not far from tossing it out the window and going to a
> dumb phone.

Do it! I haven't had a smartphone for about 5 years or so and I love it! 
The highest price I pay is not being able to get Über taxis so I pay about 
3x the price with a regular taxi, and I also miss the wireless sharing 
functionality.

But in many cases it is possible to Stallman yourself an Übertaxi.
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