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Bitcoin millionaire Erik Finman answers critics from Left & Right calling Freedom Phone a "scam".

July 20, 2021

Since Freedom Phone’s announcement and launch last Wednesday, promising a product free of Big Tech censorship and surveillance, the company has garnered universal criticism from the left and some criticism from the right (notably Reason Magazine’s notoriously Pro-Big-Tech Robby Soave).

Freedom Phone’s Founder Erik Finman agreed to an extensive interview with National File to respond to those who call the venture a “grift” or “scam”.

https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-freedom-phone-founder-responds-to-allegations-of-grifting/

https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1415327043449917444/vid/640x360/K7MvHKPcTd16MWvy.mp4

Bitcoin millionaire Erik Finman answers critics from Left & Right calling Freedom Phone a "scam". July 20, 2021 Since Freedom Phone’s announcement and launch last Wednesday, promising a product free of Big Tech censorship and surveillance, the company has garnered universal criticism from the left and some criticism from the right (notably Reason Magazine’s notoriously Pro-Big-Tech Robby Soave). Freedom Phone’s Founder Erik Finman agreed to an extensive interview with National File to respond to those who call the venture a “grift” or “scam”. https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-freedom-phone-founder-responds-to-allegations-of-grifting/ https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/1415327043449917444/vid/640x360/K7MvHKPcTd16MWvy.mp4

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I was referring at most people buying that kind of phone, people using Gab, Poal, etc, mostly geeky and privacy aware.

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"Geeky" tech savvy users already have multiple options, and we don't really have to worry about them.

We need to break the Apple iPhone & Google Android duopoly. When they collude, and ban an app from their app stores (Alex Jones, BitChute, Gab, Parler, etc), it's a huge blow to that company's smartphone traffic. That gives those 2 companies enormous leverage in getting companies to censor (as Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has described).

And in order to break the Apple iPhone & Google Android duopoly at scale, we need an easy-to-use, easy-to-switch-to, free-speech oriented smartphone that millions of bitter Trump supporters can switch to, including grandmothers & non-techie types.

I don't know if "Freedom Phone" is the answer, but I do believe that the best solution will probably end up being some DeGoogled Android phone.

e.foundation / esolutions.shop also has a DeGoogled Android phone, but I don't know if the company is explicitly dedicated to free speech.

https://e.foundation

https://esolutions.shop