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Dumb phones are about to start trending more and more every day.
Sure a dumb phone won't record for Google. Current ones don't and probably can't be made to.
But recording would be trivial to implement even on a dumb phone if it becomes acceptable to the majority. Hell it could become a legal requirement.
We cannot run away from these issues by using old phones, old vehicles, 'physical' media etc. Eventually they will be unavailable. Some, old vehicles, really should be for other reasons.
Or as others have pointed out, you might not be recorded by your phone but you will be by the others'.
We need to persuade more people to actively oppose such measures outright. Defend privacy, control of our devices etc explicitly.
The Commodore Callback has perfect timing haha.
Really the only thing I'd miss with it is Google Wallet and Android Auto.
My only barrier to it is the T9 text input. I'm constantly writing notes on my phone. I would have a hard time if I had to T9 every note in.
I recently got rid of my smart watch when Samsung enshitified it and locked a bunch of features like weather updates behind an account, years after I bought the watch.
Now I have a dumb mechanical watch (quartz crystal, not spring winding) that will last years before I need to replace the battery. Everything it does, it does better than a smart watch. Not having to do the wrist flick gesture 1-3 times to check the time has been amazing. And I'm not constantly broadcasting Bluetooth anymore.
And graphene OS, maybe
Until Google decides to lock them out of any sort of verification process.
By then Motorola will have shipped the first round of "with Graphene pre installed" devices, assuming they stay with their plan.