Edit: I guess the Yubico Authenticator is a requirement these days as well
https://medium.com/sanctuary-computer-inc/building-lightos-w...
It’s totally based on React native. Bizarre! Not at all what I expected.
I figured it would be running some low power board that’s cheap and abundant. But no, it runs a fork of Android on a Qualcomm snapdragon MSM8909. I think I expected something with around half the horsepower.
Given the features this seems like overkill, but I suppose this made it so they didn’t need to reinvent a bunch of phone wheels.
Still, I’d say just use screen time, MDM, parental controls. Have someone else you know set the pin. Lacking access to an Android or iOS device basically excludes you from modern life.
As someone who made this transition a while ago i can only say that i enjoy the experience. Modern life - in my opinion - is a sickness.
No, but it does free you from some of the most noxious and time-wasting aspects of modern life.
I’d love to try and get mine reactivated again.
Pro tip: Everyone can still receive your SMS, and respond to it. Which app they'll use for that is unknown to me as I've never[0] used a smartphone.
[0] Qualification seems to be needed: I've used several, and even developed apps and tested for a multitude of models. So that was misleading. Sorry. What this should have read was: "I've never used a smartphone as my own personal "daily driver" phone (only for work)"