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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The article defines a simple device as a phone that can send texts but has no Internet access

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

My kids have child phones on Google Fi which allows me to shut down their Internet with a couple of button presses. Are they simple devices if I geofence their internet access off while they're in school? I somehow doubt it, but it does meet the definition as you've stated it, which in turn means it is as @originalucifer said, not exactly cut and dry.