Carcharodonna [she/her]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 day agoTrump Organization announces mobile plan, $499 smartphonewww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square36linkfedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmit.online
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minus-squarefootfaults@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·1 day agoOk so when Obama “did it” they screamed about Obamaphones, but when Trump does it it’s based
minus-squareSorosFootSoldier [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 day agoFree phone for poor people? SOCIALISM EVIL SATANIC Overpriced phone made in China with american flags slapped on it and a plan that overcharges you and goes in the pocket of a gameshow grifter president? GOOD HOLY BASED
minus-squareOldSoulHippie [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoWhich is interesting because the idea of a free phone from the government came during the Reagan administration if I recall correctly
minus-squarefootfaults@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoYep. I think the difference was that Obama updated it to be a cellular phone instead of a landline. Ah, memories
minus-squareOldSoulHippie [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoI got one sent to me in the mail completely unsolicited. When I tried to turn off the location, it wouldn’t let me so I stopped using it.
Ok so when Obama “did it” they screamed about Obamaphones, but when Trump does it it’s based
Free phone for poor people? SOCIALISM EVIL SATANIC
Overpriced phone made in China with american flags slapped on it and a plan that overcharges you and goes in the pocket of a gameshow grifter president? GOOD HOLY BASED
Which is interesting because the idea of a free phone from the government came during the Reagan administration if I recall correctly
Yep. I think the difference was that Obama updated it to be a cellular phone instead of a landline.
Ah, memories
I got one sent to me in the mail completely unsolicited. When I tried to turn off the location, it wouldn’t let me so I stopped using it.