Posted by StapleButter

Android means you accept Google's crap

Not necessarily. At least, my Samsung Android phone always asked permission if I wanted to use one of Google's apps. Of course, I said no to most of them except the Google Play Store. If you disable the localization feature (something like that) you're good to go. Mostly. There are some of Google's annoying apps (like Google+) that keep in the background but most can be disabled without any problems (and it's not like they can actually use any of your information without your agreement).

Posted by StapleButter

yet only topnotch phones get the last Android updates-- Android needs to be built into device-specific ROMs

Oh, so that's why some phones don't update the Android version? That's kind of lame. You could look for a near top-notch phone that's still cheap, but that's most likely going to be just a temporary solution.

Posted by StapleButter

the only 'good' solution is basically being an alien nerd

Hah, I guess.

Even old phones aren't that much better. Some "recent" J2ME phones still are updated often enough to access the internet (see late Nokia S40 phones). Mobile browsing is going to be somewhat more difficult, but not impossible by any means. There's quite a few apps for you to choose, and it's the closest you'll get to a modern phone that isn't a modern phone.

Posted by Yami

Not necessarily, you can also choose Ubuntu Touch OS, Sailfish OS, Tizen, Firefox OS, or even BlackBerry OS.

I completely forgot those were a thing.

Dunno about those other systems, I haven't heard/seen much about them.

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"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear." --Ram Dass

Posted by Yami

I didn't say this will happen on every Website, but knowing how heavy YouTube is, the Browser you were using went like, "You know what? I've had enough, fuck CSS".

That reminds me when YouTube had a beta feature called Feather that made simpler webpages for users with slow internet to use. Unfortunately, they decided it's not worth it. Why? I have no idea. But I have to say, it was a great feature when I used it back then.

So, remember when YouTube was introducing a new channel layout? Remember how they tested it with a few channels before publishing it? I think this is happening again, maybe, because my channel layout changed when I viewed it yesterday. Here it is, but in case you can't see it, this is how it looks. And apparently there's a reddit thread for it too.

The "Uploads" and "Created Playlists" titles are clickable and they go to their respective pages, but that's it. Most other things aren't there. I can change it back to the previous one by including the What to Watch Next page, but I can't put the channel feed back there.

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"The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear." --Ram Dass