i'm simply moving to my flip phone full time when that happens. until such time as a true alternative exists
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Most current flip phones use Google's Android. They have for a while now.
not this one. its a nokia with no internet. calls and text
It's "Android-based" - MOCOR - but the fact that it doesn't do anything at all (not to mention not sideloading apps, because there are no apps...) limits how much the "Android" part matters wrt this conversation.
It obviously inherits all SIM-based evils and other carrier/OS issues, but the app store stuff is irrelevant here.