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A random second hand smartphone, with a custom Android rom and no Google crap on it.
Also I'm constantly behind a VPN, just in case they can still get some useful data from me.
I consider that WAY better than buying a shitty iPhone
I guess can see how buying items second hand and flashing a ROM is not quite the same as buying a brand new phone running Android, but it seems unfair to then besmirch all iPhone users.
Did I really say anything about iPhone users? I suggested to boycott Apple and I stated that I don't use their products.
Then someone accused me of being an hypocrite, out of literally nowhere.