The Lightphone is all about making the phone a tool, minus infinite feeds. I've preordered a v3 and am very much looking forward to its arrival. My Android can live on my desk for 2fa apps, etc. If I want to consume the internet, I'll do it using nice screens and a real keyboard. Doing anything via a mobile is less good generally, just more convenient perhaps.
remember - the light phone is a product. they’re selling you the idea of simplicity, not the reality. if you don’t fundamentally change your life or behavior, i guarantee it’ll be sitting in a box collecting dust within 6 months.
as soon as you’re out & about and need an uber, or maps-based navigation to another location, or to transfer money from one bank, or even to look up an important tidbit of information - the phone number of a local business, for example - you’ll yearn for the power of a normal phone.
the answer is not buying things - it’s changing your behavior. put your phone in another room. stop using it at night. purge harmful apps one by one. focus on changing your _behavior_ instead.
the lightphone is a heavy , worse supported, worse integrated, less featureful wrapper around android - do you really want to pay hundreds of dollars for that?
i have firsthand experience - i fell for the lightphone, and it’s sitting in a box next to me.
Maybe, I'm not so sure. The pre-order was cheap enough, it will sell if I don't get on with it. It alleges maps with GPS, ride-share isn't something I use or has much of market in these parts. Banking isn't something I need or want in my pocket. A calendar is most important. I agree the answer is not buying things, not being spied on (less spied on?) to perpetuate an ad-based economy is a feature to me. I just want my attention back, the trade-offs don't seem to have much value. We'll see. :-)
