I like Degoog and 4get.

https://github.com/degoog-org/degoog

https://git.lolcat.ca/lolcat/4get

Nah, not all of us. When switch 2 came out (and because I wanted a hand held) I looked at it, poked at in the shop and decided to buy a DS instead. $80 vs $650. If I’d been feeling more generous, I would have gotten a Retroid pocket 5 or something. I didn’t need it.

The switch 2 is shiny, but it didn’t fill any niche for me that one of my other rigs couldn’t do (Wii, Wii u, $100 emulation box I built).

“Bigger, better, faster” is a mug’s game. It cannot be won and it’s the lynchpin of capitalism. The way to win is to not play.

Gaming is a luxury good. If the big players are going to go full retard, let them. Let it all burn while you find greener pastures.

This goes for all tech (and luxury goods), IMHO. Do more with less.

Reject the status ladder → identify the actual function → satisfy it with the smallest tool that works = you win.

Then enjoy the absurdity of $650 Switch 2 (and marvel at the cost of Switch 1 increasing in price. Lol no).

Right? I still have my OG Xbox 360, Wii U etc, with physical discs.

For a while, I went the other way; I bought a Lenovo M93p (think: size of Wii) - it runs everything up to PS2 era at 2x resolution, as well as PC games to around 2015/6 era (and later indies). Total cost was under $100. I turned it into a kiosk with Playnite, so you could turn it on and be playing whatever in under 10 seconds.

Right now I have the OG Wii (modded) sitting in its place…something about the joys of original hardware speaks to me. But I could (should) swap the lenovo back in. That way I have Just Cause 2 sitting right next to Mario Kart Double Dash, right next to Luanti and modded Fallout 3.

Part of me thinks “eh, emulation” but the other part is “dude…not everything is Nintendo”.

I do hope people realise that 7th gen and earlier consoles are still fucking awesome. Yes, that’s PS3/Xbox360/Wii/GBA/DS era.

Some of those still have lively homebrew scenes. Hell, the Wii just got a new (physical) release game.

https://www.gamespot.com/articles/its-2026-and-the-wii-is-getting-a-new-physical-game-release/1100-6538083/

Reject modernity. Embrace retro.

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Those are rookie numbers. They need to pump that up. $10K a console, and you need to scan your retina to use it.

Ya know… for a luxury good with literally dozens of other, better options… “Make it impossible to buy our stuff” is a dumb hill to die on.

Oh well.

laughs in 40 years of non PlayStation games

You could not live with your failure. And where did that bring you? Back to (Lem)my.

• Brands increase prices
• People stop buying brands
• Brands cry foul
• Oh no! Anyway…

The trick, William Potter, is to bleed the people just enough to satiate your parasitism without exsanguinating them, eh?

Gee, we’ve never seen that trick before.

Does shreddit not work any more?

Ah but redreader parses old.reddit.com. So with the proposed changes, you will probably need an account to use even the excellent RedReader.

IIRC, when the APIpocolypse happened, Reddit tried really hard to nerf Redreader. They got shamed into allowing it access again on accessibility grounds.

It’s only a matter of time before it stops working.

Take solace in knowing that “lol, fuck reddit then” is a perfectly cromulent response to this.

I just hope Lemmy doesn’t become Reddit 2.0

Oh no! Anyway…

EDIT: Just to be clear, I am not dismissing OP. I’m saying “fuck Sony” and “this would be a good time to convert to PCmasterrace or go retro”

Huh. Thought it was stock standard AOSP - perhaps the Aussie version is different? There are a few rebranded versions of the same hardware; you might be able to find something non proprietary. I think the underlying model is UNIWA if you want to go spelunk direct listings

https://opelmobile.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/OM-TouchFlip-A4.pdf

Where did you find the info that the TTFone uses a fork - XDA? Possibly it can take CFW?

In any case, if it’s no go, it’s no go.

PS: The other target might be a the Cat 22 flip but that thing has a face only a mother could love. I have seen clean CFW of the Duoquin models too - multiple threads on XDA - but that’s candybar not flip

PPS: let me spelunk the 8020 for a minute. I have to imagine it’s an off the shelf re-badge. EDIT: Hmm…looks like it’s bespoke enough to NOT be a simple Shenzhen rebadge job.

Yes - I have the rebranded Aussie version

https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/opel-mobile-touchflip-4g-flip-phone-optouchfp

It runs Android 8.1 and had no issue running Molly the last time I tried it. I really like that little nugget - let me know if you want a list of apps or launchers for it. Note: you’ll have to use Fdroid, Droidify, Aurora store or direct apks, as it doesn’t meet play store compliance.

If the TT990 is android 14, then it should work even better.

I can also confirm that my Duoqin F21 runs either just fine, but that’s cheating

https://qinphone.com/products/qin-f21-pro-smart-keypad-phone-compact-2-8-inch-touchscreen-android-11-4g-lte-single-camera-google-play-support-ideal-backup-work-phone-porcelain-white-iron-grey

Back to the TT970; the keyboard is fantastic (download the true TT9 app) and it even runs futo voice (albeit a touch slowly). If you get one, try to get the 1750mah battery - it helps.

Standby is just bang on 2 days for me.

OK

https://www.ttfone.com/products/ttfone-tt970

https://github.com/mollyim/mollyim-android

Good luck with that. I still have functional PCs that are 20 yrs old and perfectly fine as Jellyfin servers.

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…because Kaios is essentially dead?

Thanks for that. I’ve been meaning to (re) disable Google Play services. I have a few older phones too that never had it to begin with. I wonder how/if Aurora Store will be impacted. Presumably, if you don’t have Google Play Services functioning, you don’t get the poison pill. But…given that Big Evil likes to just … do shit (cf the recent 4GB forced ingestion of their LLM with Chrome) I dunno.

In any case, step 1 is probably nuking that.

Cool. So what happens if I run a version of Android that doesn’t inherit Google security theater cruft? That is to say…what if the user simply…does not…upgrade the Android version to be affected by this (eg: uses an old phone or blocks OS version update?).

My phone is going on 7yrs old. Perfectly happy with it. When it breaks, I will get a phone of the same era (2nd hand or new-old stock) or investigate other options.

So, it seems to me, the winning move is not to play the game (in any one of 100 diff ways).

Or am I missing something here? Is there something that will prevent older tech from working? Because if so, I am happy to YOLO my phone and switch to a dumbphone if I have to.