The Universe Can Collapse Now

I promised Kat I would text with her while she's away working, so my guy got me a smart phone. Evidently they're now as cheap as the disposable drug dealer burner phone I carry in the bottom of my purse that only costs me a hundred bucks a year. This one costs a hundred and twenty a year plus whatever my guy paid for the phone (fifty bucks, I think) so that was the first lie.

I cannot believe how much crap is on these phones. Edward had to spend hours deleting and removing stuff that comes preloaded, and he keeps warning me not to do stuff. I.E. "Don't touch this or it will call 911" and "Don't do this or it will turn on by itself and run apps." P.S., it took me half an hour just to figure out how to turn it off. Jesus Christ, I'd rather carry plastic explosives in my purse.

Anyway, I will check it once a day for messages from Kat, and reply to those. That's all I've agreed to do.

I hate this.

Comments

nightsmusic said…

I bought factory unlocked phones for hubs and I. Considerably more expensive, but they don't come with all the bloat that other phones do. I use a launcher called Nova Launcher which gives me a tremendous amount of control over my phone as well as Package Disabler Pro which lets me disable most everything I can't uninstall. Nova Launcher will let you hide all the apps you don't want to click by mistake. I'm good with the phone now, but it took awhile. I will tell you though, if you want to 'talk' to her sort of face to face, Google Duo is fabulous and a lot better than FB or any of its invasive programs like messenger.

June 28, 2021 at 4:53 AM

Maria Zannini said…

LOL! I deleted as many apps as I could as long as I understood what they did before I deleted them. I've added apps too. I'm particularly fond of Google Maps, a list maker (so I don't have to scramble for a piece of paper and pen to write down my thoughts), and a plant and insect identifier.

The smart phone was especially nice during the pandemic. I texted or talked to my family and friends regularly.

June 28, 2021 at 4:12 PM

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