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The pro-Trump internet went wild on Wednesday for the Freedom Phone, a $500 smartphone that comes stocked with conservative apps and promises to liberate anyone else who buys it from Silicon Valley censorship. The American flag-branded phone was immediately promoted by a wide range of right-wing figures, including former Trump adviser Roger Stone, Jan. 6 rally organizer Ali Alexander, and pundit Dinesh DSouza.
Im holding a freaking phone that is not controlled by Apple or Google, conservative personality Candace Owens told her fans in an Instagram video. We made the switch immediately.
Despite being lauded by some of the right-wing medias leading figures, though, the Freedom Phones buyers could be getting less than they expect for its $500 price tag. Thats because the Freedom Phone appears to be merely a more expensive rebranding of a budget Chinese phone available elsewhere for a fraction of the Freedom Phones price.
The Freedom Phone was created by Erik Finman, the self-proclaimed youngest bitcoin millionaire and one of Time Magazines Most Influential Teens of 2014. In a video announcing the phone, Finman said he was inspired to create the phone after the tech giants crackdown on both Donald Trump and conservative social media app Parler in the wake of the Jan. 6 riot.
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2021/07/15/fox-news-corporate-pac-donates-to-joe-manchins-campaign-filing/
It's like these people are getting dumber...faster.
East-A-Squared
(14,505 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)Conned by one of the "Most Influential New Grifters of 2014". I have no sympathy.
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,956 posts)What a surprise! More like the "Freedumb Phone".