joat_mon

Thanks for your comment Deckweiss. To reply to your assumptions I'm not American and am definitely not young.

I'd be interested to hear about how your and your friends learn about local events without any access to the main channels that seem to be used by most venues, i.e. Facebook and Instagram, as I'd happily take some advice on this.

Also, as per my original post, it is not about meeting new people, that I have no problem with, it is about the inevitable conversation when they exclusively use WhatsApp to stay in contact.

Best alternative for WhatsApp would be Signal

I just used a throwaway email to initially sign up to get the Key, then deleted the app. Was very easy.

I'd recommend checking out Gadgetbridge. It is an open source app, with no network permission requirements, that replaces the OEM app for a large number of watches. I'm running an Amazfit GTS 4 with it and it has been almost flawless.

I'd second the recommendation for Gadgetbridge and would add most of the Amazfit watches to the list. I have the Amazfit GTS 4 and it has run flawlessly with Gadgetbridge.

I see Garmins are being recommended but if you are looking for something cheaper, I've been extremely happy with my Amazfit watch. It has pretty much all the same functions as the Garmins but at a fraction of the cost, and is fully compatible with Gadgetbridge, so all your data is stored locally.

That's fair. There are just quite a few that you've posted that I'd have loved to know who they were by so I could check out their other stuff.

It would be great if you could credit the OC when you post these.

Who is the OC?

In the UK the max for contactless payments is £100 and contactless is now the norm, so a shielded wallet would be highly recommended.