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Commodore is back with a de-Googled feature phone for the anti-doomscrolling crowd
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this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2026
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While removing Google services reduces a specific attack surface, the device still relies on a proprietary OS that introduces its own telemetry and fingerprinting vectors. It is worth questioning whether this hardware approach truly addresses the root cause of doomscrolling compared to enforcing strict usage limits on existing, auditable platforms.