A short smartphone diatribe and a Black Hole Sun

A short smartphone diatribe

Our phones should not:

• Constantly monitor our location

• Restrict the apps/operating systems that can be used on them

• Be surveilled by any corporation or government

• Do as much as they do

Our phones should:

• Be ours

• Be repairable

• Last at least 4-6 years

• Be customizable, both in hardware and software

• Retain as much personally identifiable information onboard the device as is feasible

• Teach us about themselves

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Not much to write this week. The eclipse was an incredibly surreal experience.