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  -> $500   
  -> Corny nostalgia-bait   
  -> No web browser   
  -> No social media   
  -> System-level DNS blocking

Lmfao. What even is the point of this ? I could see an argument for not allowing to install social media apps, but blocking me arbitrarily from even accessing them through a browser is crazy. The OS is Linux-based too, so there’s no technical constraint, they just went out of their way to add always-on parental control.

For $500 (FIVE HUNDRED) you get a $30 dumb phone with Whatsapp. Wow.

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Then it's not literally for you and people who are dependent on social media. It's almost like there is a growing populace who don't want to be there 24/7. Also most people would access the needed sites or social media via laptop or desktop. Not to mention that you feel that it's "corny nostalgia-bait" gives me vibes that you are younger than the target audience of this device even is.

I use zero social medias and I have a phone that wouldn’t tell me no if I (a grown adult) did want to use them.

In fact I’d believe this is exactly for social media addicts because needing to be blocked from even accessing the domains by your OS to not use them is truly something.

And it is nostalgia bait. Wide sweeping nostalgia bait (C64 and Y2K). Corny nostalgia bait because surfing on pre social media Internet and Y2K aesthetics has been an overdone low-hanging fruit for at least 2 years already.

My main problem is the price. This has barely any more capabilities than a burner AliExpress dumbphone. Their margin is most likely egregious (because you’re paying for nostalgia bait).

I wouldn't worry so much about it. Why spend time even thinking about something you don't want to buy?

How exactly do you expect me to know I don’t want to buy something without thinking about it first ?

A product was presented to me -> I analyzed the product’s specs -> I compared those specs to the product’s asking price -> I concluded the asking price was too high for the specs -> I concluded I do not want to buy the product

I didn’t think about this any more or less than I should’ve.

The new Commodore seems to see itself not as a retro nostalgia vintage computer company, but an anti social media company - which explains this product.

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