The Freedom Phone Seems Like a Big Scam...

[@SomeOrdinaryGamers]

UPDATE: Ordering some parts, going to show you how to make your own Freedom Phone in the next couple days. Thank you GFuel. Use code "SOG" at www.gfuel.com and I'll be real honest no matter how much you buy that sonic flavour I'm never giving my money to this joke.

[@damianocampo4635]

Luv u muta

[@Axearis]

Okay

[@漠]

make ur onlyfans public please

[@obiwankenobi8685]

Ok

[@Andrew-mm7mf]

sog

[@capitalofTX]

This phone screams so many red flags, white and blue ones, too.

[@R8Spike]

The ones from the civil war, too

[@hillbillysamurai]

@@MadWatcher I live in Tennessee, its the best state in the USA and I've been to 48 of them multiple times

[@icehoof]

@@hillbillysamurai If it's so good want isn't there a Tennessee 2? (i know it's an overused joke but I still laugh at it sometimes)

[@novakane8722]

there is no blue stripes on the us flag.

[@phillipgoat00]

lmao. trump supporter phone. their mascot should be the guy with the horn (remember the guy from the riots)

[@gebfjav3bfns]

Im personally holding out for the save the kids phone

[@nunyabusiness69]

You didn't put your nonrefundable deposit down on it already?!

[@DONIMATOR-pn5rp]

@Savetion 卐 why?

[@lotus_flower2001]

@@DONIMATOR-pn5rp they are a spammer. Just report for spam and move on. They want attention.

[@jinnraifu]

Lol dude that PFP of Jesus with the resurrection shield is gold 😂

[@PlutoniumSlums]

Lmao

[@jordin9011]

Can't wait for mutaphone

[@User-rg7ge]

I’d trust my life with mutaphone 💀

[@AwkCrafty]

Most likely will run on a modified version of linux

[@Tony36271]

With the built in MutaWallet to hold all of our MutaCoins

[@YourLocalAverageSquidMan]

It's also come with a virtual machine

[@yourfatboy5359]

The ring tone would be a remix of muta's laughter

[@pvshka]

"Young bitcoin millionaire, made it in the Silicon Valley" Huge red flags right away.

[@orcasarentwhales]

How so?

[@mrthanos2404]

@@orcasarentwhales because whenever someone starts off with their own accomplishments, it is a flag that they are probably an arrogant guy with a big ego, no skills whatsoever and only luck.

[@incitex3035]

Investing in bit coin doesn’t mean you made it in Silicon Valley at all. Anyone can invest in bit coin.

[@DiegoRomer0]

@@mrthanos2404 pretty sure accomplishments take skill but ok

[@dhupee]

@@DiegoRomer0 I remember a old video how Erik Finman got his fortune, he bought a ton of Bitcoin in around 2011, maybe 2010 or 2012 im forgot Idk it's a skills or luck, maybe both...no hating or what just pointing how he got his money Edit: Ah found it, it's from buzzfeed 3 years ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWWpf6CmaNJ-ppY

[@ollie_04]

The Freedom Phone sounds like something South Park would joke about. And I'm surprised Erik didn't have the American anthem blasting in the backround

[@mystomachhurt9312]

Dont give him ideas

[@indexwell6546]

American anthem with ear rape would be better

[@ollie_04]

@@indexwell6546 👍

[@Gideon_the_Seraph]

Biden literally is thinking about spying on and censoring peoples DMs if they say anything he doesn’t like, so this phone is a good idea on paper I guess

[@poppaganja3793]

@@Gideon_the_Seraph kzbin.infoEumIKkYoRaA?feature=share

[@CasuallyShadow]

Love how he's basically selling a phone so that people who don't understand technology buy to make themselves feel safe because a guy said a bunch of feel good buzz words.

[@jemmapellemma8185]

Yeah, there's a certain poetry in it being a smart phone marketed to stupid people.

[@ProllyNotStefano]

Tricking boomers to buy an american phone made in china

[@tomtom7955]

@Failed Society its really not all that different than every other product marketed, just tailored to a crowd people have been conditioned to dislike by the media.

[@that1guy29]

unironically this, gen xer's who buy into all his buzz words are already sold, and will ignore reality if it means that their "right"

[@grimes558]

@@that1guy29 bro I'm sure there are plenty of gen z people sold on this.. stupidity isn't exclusive to 1 generation

[@PURENT]

American flag in the ad, huge American flag on the site, site icon is an American flag, brand logo is a stylized American flag, picture of phone has wallpaper with American flag. Can you smell the grift yet? Best part is on the site there's an option to change language to Spanish, which does nothing.

[@fortnitefanningfunnymomets7613]

@@johnf.kennedy3175 very helpful

[@this7580]

If that's not grifting idk what is

[@freyamiles3718]

@@johnf.kennedy3175 outwardly expressing a political opinion for the purpose of making money. E.g expressing conservative veiws to sell a phone

[@tenalpoen]

It basically just means you're a liar. The term "grifter" originated with small time scammers who ran fraudulent card games and the like, and it expanded to include anyone who is lying to get you on their side or to get your money.

[@ianabuaf9187]

And the best part is that there's a 99.9% chance it's manufactured in China.

[@Chad_Thundercock]

This whole thing is the phone equivalent of the Souja Boy gaming console.

[@champnotchicken4318]

the soulja boy console up saled you less

[@ItzOZZA]

The difference is I’d actually buy a Soulja Toy and not the Yeetdom phone.

[@SteelRims]

I have the actual model from Umidigi and I use it to emulate Gameboy games and other stuff. So I guess I scored big by having the Freedom Phone pretty much do what any Souljagame console does.

[@ABCEasyas--]

The Intellivision Amico….oh wait, it won’t ever be released.

[@aarondavis8943]

Oh that reminds me, I better check Jon Tron for new videos :)

[@Lucas_Broom]

Since this phone is basically targeted at only Americans, there is literally no way this is ever gonna be able to compete with other phones brands that are sold globally.

[@ForgedHorizons]

@Charlie Bamford trump voter here. Can confirm that this reeks of shit. And before I get shit for that I stuck with Trump strictly because I don't think that Biden is fit for office due to what seem like quite a few problems under the hood. And I'm also a gun owner so Biden isn't really looking out for me there either. But yeah thats it.

[@kizoaoy7423]

@@ForgedHorizons I'd rather buy 2 HiPoint C-9s than this shit

[@sociallyawkard5675]

@@ForgedHorizons when people choose the person who sucks the least to run the nation and not who’s good somethings wrong

[@AsuixMusic]

You’d be surprised.

[@5ld734]

@@ForgedHorizons there are others apart from Biden that could have been a better choice, I personally liked Andrew Yang but it's too bad the US has stuck with such a partisan system, it's always choose between two candidates even if others are better

[@thatsalrightwithmeman7867]

The fact that there's people on Twitter DEFENDING this phone is absolutely incredible.

[@midloran]

Twitter need to be canceled

[@soggy9648]

I mean it's Twitter

[@lootria]

Twitter is the equivalent of shooting a nail gun into your eye and blaming it on the nail gun for hurting you, i swear

[@SoulTransient]

Its Twitter. It rots your brain

[@nitroxylictv]

The fact that theres people like you who shit on the face of ideas like a privacy centered phone baffles me. All the news articles are doing is trying to smear this phone and cant come up with a good reason why its bad. Jesus Christ it hasn't even come out yet chill out.

[@the_royal_frick634]

Definitely gonna get one, China is well known for its freedom, security, and privacy

[@leepickek7923]

Lmao protesters go *squish*

[@jabrilanderson0]

@@loganroofpedoexposer4952 stfu bot

[@tamiwu0346]

@@leepickek7923 bicycles go crunch

[@SoccYT]

@@TheMarshmelloSquid sarcastic lmao, its pretty obvious knowing how censorship in china works.

[@Red-ir8ho]

@Savetion 卐 No I’m not

[@teamkilled1227]

"i'm the world's youngest bitcoin millionare" that one line just screams scam

[@Wilkins325]

I dont get why that line is so bad. I keep seeing comments about it. Can you explain?

[@teamkilled1227]

@@Wilkins325 people who promote bitcoin are 100% scams

[@bwillis5258]

@@teamkilled1227 that isnt true at all. The scam is that this guy is a liar who is using buzzwords to scam fools. Bitcoin has definitely made many people millionaires.q

[@dhruvtukadiya]

@@bwillis5258 count the number of people who have made money from crypto and then the number of people who have lost money to it. And then try to tell me with a straight face that it isn't completely dependent on luck.

[@bwillis5258]

@@dhruvtukadiya you don't know what you're talking about but have so much to say. Ignorance is bliss, isnt it?

[@Roomba146]

The ad for this phone fees like it’s out of a movie, and the “freedom phone” is actually a mega device used to somehow destroy the world

[@maxthedoglover]

The Mitchell’s vs the machine

[@nightwingmix1]

This is just the plot of Kingsman the secret service

[@maxthedoglover]

@@nightwingmix1 I CANT CHA ANANANANA change!!!

[@Xenogogia]

it feel more like a tim and eric skit imo

[@jemmapellemma8185]

@@Xenogogia lol you're right! Honestly it could just be a complete 15 minute "Adult Swim Infomercials" episode.

[@RaduTek]

Only way a phone could be called "Freedom" were if EVERYTHING about it was open source, the software it runs, the board schematics, the bootloaders and firmware on the CPUs and every other component. I'll bet you Mediatek and whatever the OEM of the phone they're selling ain't gonna allow these informations to be open source.

[@CathrineMacNiel]

So like the Pinephone?

[@mjetektman9313]

Would be great to have a phone like that, running on RISC-V custom SoC (I think it's possible to develop a GPU, I/O and all that stuff just using RISC-V)

[@white-bunny]

@@CathrineMacNiel Exactly. PinePhone with Phosh UI or KDE Mobile on GNU GUIX/Tails OS. That's probably going to be the most secure you could get...

[@the_untitled_duqz3436]

What is an open source

[@Saintdraconis]

It sort of already exists, is called the Librem 5

[@kuuv7267]

Nah not falling for this one, but the Save The World Hunger laptop sounds like a real deal tho...

[@lastmanstanding7155]

I also have this amazing global warming stopping bridge I can sell you.

[@z.s.n.]

There's always upco2 coin.

[@st0rm3325]

That’s nothing compared to the 5G blocking soap I bought of AliExpress.

[@anonymoususer7612]

You ever try the cancer curing black salve?

[@SocietyKilledTheUnicorn]

It's all a scam. Just like the steam deck

[@whyjordie]

“We don’t ban apps, period” Hackers : 😏

[@KunguIl]

"NOW this looks like a job for me"

[@71ives]

This whole guys pitch sounds like a infomercial from the early 2000's.

[@CrystalMaidenFeetLover86]

Probably cause he is targeting the same people

[@faisfaizal5194]

It just sounds like a parody video tho. The dude even got the parody look

[@vogelchenzwitschert8754]

I think that's So WrOnG!!!!11!1!!

[@shodan658]

@@faisfaizal5194 The whole phone feels like a parody, lol. It feels like something from The Onion. I wish it was a parody.

[@gnerus1972]

Saul's pitch about the prepaid phones in Better Call Saul was much more believable and honest than this is lmao

[@kevindotexe]

What’s crazy is that the founder probably doesn’t even use his own “Freedom” phone. That should tell you something

[@diogovieira3362]

either him or someone endorsing the phone tweeted out, shilling for it, and the tag said "twitter for iPhone"

[@yesitsmecsd]

As much as I actually like the idea of the freedom phone... you nailed it! Look at founders Twitter, quite a few "tweeted from my iPhone" tags on his posts, like pretty recent ones.

[@finkamain1621]

All the "conservative" shills are recommending it like Candace Owens. They're just controlled opposition, or just grifters looking to make a buck saying political stuff that people want to hear

[@kizoaoy7423]

Maybe it is not out yet? Although, even if it isn't "out" the creator of the "Freedom Phone" should at least have a physical prototype or a "Version 1" to show

[@TVCHLORD]

he does not use it, if you look at his twitter he is still tweeting from his iphone, i dont blame him for not wanting to use a cheap chinese phone over his iphone but he is still scamming people with it

[@_armoricat_]

"You can plug your sim card" Wow, what an innovative feature, I wish all smartphones could have it

[@tl1882]

some probably dont lol

[@tomtom7955]

@@tl1882 I had a think my I phone 3 or 5 didnt have a slot for a sim, they had to do something with the imei or something at the store to activate it.

[@volkan7844]

@@tl1882 in the next 10 years, probably yeah

[@benhlooong]

@@tomtom7955 iPhone 5s do have SIM cards, I’ve owned several.

[@tomtom7955]

@@benhlooong maybe it was a 3 then? I know it was an apple phone, Its also possible the kid at sprint was full of shit.

[@MagosCavantis]

For me as a non-american, this look exactly like those cringe infomercials from 90s that America has blessed the world with.

[@chilomine839]

It is exactly that, for 2021. Selling you the thing you want.

[@blackneos940]

Flashing yellow text, right? Imagine living here. Like being in the epicenter of a nice bomb blast.

[@chibiromano5631]

@@chilomine839 not as cringeworthy as West Germanys infomercials for WESTPAKETS..

[@chilomine839]

@@chibiromano5631 Dear Government or adjacent person please cease your Freedom propaganda sponsored the people's so and so. Real autonomy is not brought to you by or advocated for select agencies. XD

[@BernardoOne]

The funniest thing is that their "uncensorable app store" is literally a frontend for the Google play store lmao

[@farhangi3105]

@@kingmankingboy8743 Cool link, too bad I'm not gonna click on it.

[@fishfan2]

@@farhangi3105 Always report links for spam it will hopefully get the comment taken down

[@synexiasaturnds727yearsago7]

@@kingmankingboy8743 Mark as spam cause that's exactly what it is

[@Elemental_Clash]

@@fishfan2 It works on self-promoters too.

[@r.Ry4N.05]

They forked and renamed Aurora Store. Dunno if there's any difference other than the name, tho.

[@dvedra]

"Real Freedom is an android emulator inside a virtual machine, inside a virtual machine" - Muta

[@BeetleBuns]

running on Arch

[@LVD3NS]

@UCiE1YMLxfTIA5gRjS7yv5qg lmao nice troll, but go back to reddit

[@Blue_Cubes_silly_animations]

@Logan Roof crinj

[@dvedra]

@Logan Roof k

[@tl1882]

@@LVD3NS did you get community guidelines'd

[@SlapStyleAnims]

The boomer audience that was targeted in infomercials like “Tac-Light” and “Freedom Tactical sunglasses” definitely will buy it. EDIT: Good job guys way to get political. I wasn’t referring to any political stuff at all. I was taking a jab at the boomers and people who like all these flashy military larp item commercials because they fall for consumerism. I wasn’t speaking against freedom.

[@Twister-V1]

FREEDOM COFFEE

[@blatheringblathers347]

Freedom...... because we want to restrict that for liBRuL CoMmIEs! -- conservatives and far rightists, probably

[@Pumpkinspicelatte777]

@@Twister-V1 FREEDOM SODA, FREEDOM WATER, FREEDOM PATRIOTS, FREEDOM GATORADE, AND FREEDOM MILKKKKKKKKK

[@bigrexy]

It's funny how many tactical items they come up with

[@seekndestroy8970]

@@SomethingImpromptu You forgot to take your meds dude. Here your go 💊. The yellow is to mellow you out, and the red is improve your cognitive abilities. 🌽

[@xavierharvey4961]

You know for a phone that speaks a lot about "privacy" it's got alot of cameras... 🧐

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

Perhaps its for privacy savvy exhibitionists?

[@medea27]

Because _of course_ there's not going to be any malware on the 'unbannable' app store either.... I predict a dank web episode where Muta stumbles into the latest craze - 'Freedom Phone Prepper Porn' 👀

[@elmohead]

It's obviously to look out for you from spies. /s

[@twilightparanormalresearch186]

I mean it is made in china

[@creeperkafasi]

"Freedom phone" Sounds like a phone with a gun inside of it.

[@shalolly4310]

They make those lol

[@sethadkins546]

You jest but those exist

[@mamoonblue]

Kkona

[@billklatsch5058]

Thats gonna be the freedomphone+

[@ycleptprof.5249]

Buy one and get a free glock!

[@S3NTRY_101]

I’m pretty sure the moment we saw it was essentially a Chinese budget phone worth at most $199 retailing for $499, it was already a scam.

[@businessman4269]

@Logan Roof true but stop spamming

[@businessman4269]

@Savetion 卐 chill I said I agreed don’t spam it man

[@Mike65707LP]

Windows has done this for years tho.

[@lotus_flower2001]

@@businessman4269 stop responding to the spammers. Just makes them worse.

[@spagligma6346]

@@businessman4269 1. dont say that to the spammers, they will just keep doing it even more 2. report them for harrasment or bullying

[@danielk.8373]

The youngest bitcoin millionaire, silicon valley, freedom and a lot of american flags part was already raising a million red flags

[@Alyks_the_Emerald_Sage]

More red flags than the Communist Party.

[@trforcectat]

@@Alyks_the_Emerald_Sage more red flags than the Red Army entering Berlin

[@witheredbonnie9268]

@@trforcectat more Red flags then all the Communists in the world

[@robo-joe6111]

It was the headline that said he made a real Doc Octopus suit that was the major red flag for me

[@actually5004]

Wtf is silicone valley? Sounds like a group of plastic surgeons in Taiwan.

[@doncarlin9081]

In America, you can tack on words like "Patriot", "Freedom", or "Tactical" to a product, charge 2 or 3 times the price, and Americans will swallow it hook, line, and sink.

[@ladyville3]

Like Jordan sneakers.

[@Mr.Scott86]

As American I can say this is way more true then I want it to be

[@kennyl4699]

You mean American conservatives?

[@Mr.Scott86]

@@kennyl4699 no I don't think he does

[@Mr.Scott86]

@@kennyl4699 no I don't think he does

[@microsoftpain]

I hate that we've reached a point where people are marketing our RIGHTS to make money off of gullible people. This stuff is disgusting.

[@spittertron4920]

Wouldn't be possible if governments remembered their place.

[@JmKrokY]

MS Paint

[@PeeperSnail]

Nah, what's being marketed here is the possibility to remain bigoted in what are private spaces without impunity. All the people bitching about censorship, the ones for whom this phone is marketed to, are just upset they got banned from Twitter for calling a gay person a "f**got" or some similar situation where they were harrassing others.

[@halogod0298]

@@PeeperSnail you should be allowed to “stay bigoted” if you want. Don’t be a snowflake

[@JimmyRussle]

@@halogod0298 yeah but companies are under no legal obligation to let you. Capitalism baby.

[@thatonewolfie9688]

Their "Trust" feature is a BUILT IN LINEAGEOS FEATURE. It's not new or exclusive to their phone.

[@MinesweepActual]

Came looking for this! It's absolutely just a feature they nicked from LOS, not a newly developed feature.

[@butimnotsid]

Any phone with freedom as a prefix is a big NO as we Indians know. Freedom 251 😂

[@mayhair]

They both seem to be scams, but going opposing ways in terms of price

[@vriskamoder]

Looked it up, it’s the most generic phone design I’ve ever seen

[@butimnotsid]

@Joseph Ballin thats where it gained traction in India. People from middle and lower strata of society saw this Rs.251 ($4) phone as a way to level up and become part of smartphone comsumer base where average smartphones at that time would cost you about Rs.6000 ($80).

[@NavrajThapa2002]

Yeah, that was something lol.

[@vriskamoder]

@Joseph Ballin true, I don’t think a phone with that stuff in it costs a couple dollars to make

[@stupidkidsproductionskinsl8631]

Whenever he said “What if the app had malware” then laughed sounded like a FUCKING THREAT

[@cuddlycuttlefish5674]

I really think it was

[@twilightparanormalresearch186]

Muta “let’s put some malware to make a point” sadistic smile

[@bossgamer345]

This dude is really pulling a Better Call Saul.

[@Geegeegents]

Knew I would find this comment 😂

[@djallious1188]

I know he's Breaking Bad news to his consumers with this one.😂😂😂😂

[@atropabelladonna3120]

Couldn't love this comment more, being a fan of the series

[@fuziontonygaming]

Hank would call his AD a Sussy Baka

[@DibyanganDewan1999]

CC Mobile

[@ProvidenceMus]

the whole "freedom phone" feels like a parody. Its so hard to believe they're serious, but they are.

[@FullMoonOctober]

I'd wonder if it were all a big troll, but I've heard the names of some of the new 'social media' platforms, and I'm certain that this particular group just sucks at naming things. Still 100% a scam, though.

[@fleefie]

The entirety of the american right feels like a parody bruh

[@screamyourselftodeath3459]

kind of a good idea except they dont actually care about ur privacy and freedom of speech they just want that paycheck

[@johnex1029]

@@fleefie I really hope that you are joking. With all the talk of pushing CRT, the massive censorship and upcoming ADL big tech database, i really, really hope you are joking. The left is such a joke.

[@Troller235]

@@johnex1029 bruh

[@Agnt14]

"And it because it's a phone, it has a phone." Don't know why my brain took a while to process that.

[@nathansstuff1547]

I think Erik just doesn't realise Shenzhen isn't in Hong Kong.

[@lssjgaming1599]

I like how it’s a freedom phone and yet you still need a SIM card and a service provider. It’s like bruh you’re still tethered to these ISPs and net neutrality is all fucked so yea

[@bitelaserkhalif]

@Logan Roof ha2 very funi

[@dertythegrower]

Not if you tether to another network using WISP technology my boy. Easily you can hack mcdonalds and use a dish on their building without them knowing at all, and tap their wifi to send to your house 5 miles away.

[@theterribleanimator1793]

@@dertythegrower and how do you know they arent tracking the packets? as far as they know some random ip address is sending and recieving encrypted packets through their network, just block that and your fucked, if they havent tracked them that is, then you have a bigger problem.

[@NaudVanDalen]

Biden is trying to restore net neutrality.

[@Garf2O]

"The government can't wire tap you because im doing it first!"

[@edortsoclumsy]

@Logan Roof weird

[@godhelpme6827]

@Savetion 卐 go outside 😐

[@edortsoclumsy]

@Savetion 卐 do you really care about his Dad that much? Don’t you have friends or hobbies? Lmfao

[@SevenHunnid]

I smoke weed in my KZbin videos to educate people about the effects caused by smoking marijuana 🥶💀

[@argenteus8314]

@@commander_goose5434 They always were. KZbin comments are just barely better than the various chans in terms of toxicity

[@dokorege3097]

I swear to god the freedom phone ad looks like a AD you'd see playing on a tv in GTA or something

[@BlazeStar00]

Or on adult swim

[@TVCHLORD]

he does look like a gta 5 tv character

[@ThaiTie94]

It's the software you have to worry about the most, not the hardware. You can easily take a pin to a microphone port, or cover cameras with a small piece of tape. But even just using the stock Google keyboard on an Android device harvests your data and input and sends it through a backdoor to create personal search and ad results. No way you could bypass that with a Chinese phone.

[@jongxina3595]

Even the hardware you have to worry about. Intel has a management processor that takes priority over your main CPU (and thus bypassing your kernel). It can make network requests, access ur disk, etc. So yeah, hardware itself also has spyware.

[@erikskywalker3130]

This feels like a late night ad to fool old people

[@PhenomenalJec]

SAVE YOUR FREEDOM AND BUY THE FREEDOM PHONE NOW!! Grandpas everywhere: I'll take your entire stock

[@TairyHesticles]

It literally is.

[@vagamer522]

thats because it is to trick old boomers and political idiots on Twitter and facebook that talk about politics 24/7

[@929er13]

it is. lmao. just that the person making them has fooled himself into thinking it's actually a good product

[@kizoaoy7423]

The funny part about this situation is that if they buy this, they could end up signing back on Facebook/Twitter if they feel isolated, which defeats the whole purpose of privacy

[@ThisNameIsVeryClever]

I don't like to judge a book by its cover, but I have trouble trusting a guy who looks like Linus Torvalds cosplaying as all three members of Hanson at the same time.

[@wegettingrackshowboutyou]

LMFAO

[@very025]

Funny

[@LavosGaming]

I have trouble trusting right wingers who use the word "freedom" dishonestly. This isn't about freedom, it's about sticking it to the so-called "opposition". They don't seem to understand the enemy we have at large are the corrupt corporations who spy on us and their wealthy donors who fuel this data driven market. The rich are the problem, we need to stop fighting like cavemen and start taking care of each other...and not trusting blackbox scams like this.

[@Mochi_Wan]

Oooof

[@schrodingersgat4344]

Two things: Great name. Funniest comment here.

[@mems9953]

"Uncensorable app store" Yeah that's just called android, and downloading APKs off a web browser. Anyone tell him that there's other ways to load apps other than off an app store?

[@justastudent1423]

Oh, he knows it. But the smoothbrains he's selling this phone to don't.

[@MethmalDhananjaya]

Sideloading Android Apps doesn't work properly nowadays if its blocked by Playstore or requires Google Services.

[@sabersz]

@@sinaalami4148 was about to say, I'm on Vanced right now using MicroG

[@sabersz]

@@justastudent1423 when a person buys their first android phone, the person behind the desk at the phone store should tell them something like "you can download apps that aren't on the play store, they're called APKs, but you just need to be careful with what you download as these aren't regulated." and maybe give them a brochure on how to do it safely or something.

[@shadowsketch926]

@@sabersz that won't happen as the majority of stores don't want to get into unregulated territory, as that's a liability to the store

[@bogwitchsophie]

Never realized I needed a sassy Canadian man screaming on the web in my life...yet here we are. Been binging your content for a couple weeks. Love your take!

[@johncruelty20]

Hey hey hey! Welcome to the club. Sometimes you need a Hindi speaking uncle to make you snap back to reality.

[@nepatrock]

I bet in 6 months we'll hear that this guy is being investigated for tax fraud or something

[@ghostmobiil]

B-but his bitcoins 😔

[@ddan1998]

@@ghostmobiil he doesnt deserve them

[@vriskamoder]

Bet this is a FBI honeypot that’s he’s doing so he gets away with tax fraud and the FBI can get some criminals down

[@dottedline1395]

yeah he's a sketchy guy

[@ludvig3242]

A kid that got lucky on cryptocurrency wants to sell me a "freedom phone" Yeah, no thanks.

[@wheezybackports6444]

Any billionaire shilling a product should never be trusted. If you want a "freedom phone" get a pine phone or a librem.

[@CockatooDude]

This dude isn't even near a billionaire, he's just some kid who got lucky/made one good decision investing in Bitcoin early and now wants an easy cash grab.

[@austinbevis4266]

If you want a freedom phone, get two tins cans connected by a string and give one to your friend.

[@austinbevis4266]

@@kingmankingboy8743 nobody gives a fuck my boy

[@DangItshere]

a facebook karen can't talk linux

[@yeokdo]

I'm thinking of installing ubuntu touch on muh phone, is it a meme?

[@kokari64]

My favorite part was all the right-wing Twitter grifters who made sponsored tweets about how they're now on the Freedom Phone. Fast forward a few months and all their tweets say they were made from Twitter for iPhone.

[@aeoligarlic4024]

Sounds like the same bunch who would fall for the Truth social media

[@Унмеито]

I always found that funny despite being right wing. It also helped me rat out who is real and who will sell themselves for a few dollars. Those right wing grifters/RINO lovers just made it to kinda scam old boomers

[@jcaesar19871]

"Made it to Silicon Valley" "Bitcoin millionaire" "Verified checkmark" I'm good.

[@tl1882]

"young"

[@xx3astmanxx928]

Did y'all see the fake headline saying "teen millionaire creates real life Dr octopus suit?"

[@yashu9081]

Freedom phone is literally the most American name that you can brand your phone.

[@julianbell9161]

It’s all part of the grift. They are marketing it to conservative Facebook boomers who don’t understand technology whatsoever and are trying to scam them with a shitty phone

[@branpod]

@@julianbell9161 isn’t data privacy an apolitical issue? The inclusion of Parler as one of the many banned apps is pretty much the only part that seems to be targeting that market. Everything else is just the general tech illiterate. I know plenty of 20 y/o who would fall for this lol

[@caderidley2309]

iBesity

[@hmm7458]

@UCekwvHgayX2Xv8UutjWZU9Q he just have to say he belongs to LGBTQ+ and thru this phone they are going to fight capitalism of big tech and all dumbf*ck gen z leftist will buy into it

[@julianbell9161]

@@hmm7458 get rid of the “but” and I think your name describes you perfectly

[@jameschen8]

Ironically he blocks people on Twitter for calling him out

[@fungberto5562]

how odd, its almost like he wants to ignore everything wrong with his scam.

[@rootfelixfake6716]

"Freedom phone". I really wonder what country is his target audience...

[@JohnSmith-ox3gy]

Can't wait for the "Pride Phone" next year by him.

[@davidnissim589]

MURICAAAAAAA

[@chasescott1745]

remember if someone is promoting a product and they call themselves a bitcoin millionare, you run far away from it

[@donnerblitzen1388]

@Poina appears he did this 35 times about an hour ago (my time shown). It seems there are at least 3 of them doing this almost identically. Get the vibe that they are discord members on muta's server or twitch subscribers. I don't know.

[@FlixDerpman]

This guy looks like the bad guy in an anti-phone movie

[@YourLocalAverageSquidMan]

Fr, he definitely does

[@dragonlorddracodenblaze]

Yup

[@dontreadmypicture4835]

Sum 66inches and u have been killed in a few of the time for a woman attractive girl who ✋🛑 *DONT READ MY NAME* 🛑✋

[@vagamer522]

Or the redditor or 4chan user that talks about that one girl that never came to hom and says how bad women are

[@xcovd2533]

@@vagamer522 nah, he looks like he actually grooms himself though

[@evanderickson6895]

every day the world unironically becomes more like GTA5

[@artherius535]

lifeinvader phone headass

[@mariosasprisdis]

10 years from now we will have weaponized flying bikes , personal submarines and orbital cannons

[@Niko-lm1qs]

Lmao this is exactly like one of those satire adds on gta… but its not satire kinda scary

[@nathan9901]

@@Niko-lm1qs frfr and eventually were gonna start hearing the crazy shit on the radio

[@SteelxWolf]

@@mariosasprisdis do not forget shark cards

[@fatherWolt]

Anytime someone’s primary qualification is “teenage Bitcoin millionaire” you should probably stay far away from anything they’re involved with. Just cause you bought funny internet money and forgot about it until headlines said it was worth 50k doesn’t make you some investment guru.

[@GogiRegion]

And even if they are an investment guru, they still probably know nothing about cybersecurity and have no qualifications for selling a security based phone.

[@isaacrussell9068]

Muta’s laugh when he said “what if the app has malware” I can’t breathe 😂💀

[@AprilBytheBay]

PERIOD! (As in “we will not block any app. Period”)

[@Artem_Shepelev]

"I'm the world's youngest bitcoin millionaire" Understandable, have a nice day

[@elenar9901]

That's such a red flag, you'd think he's a communist.

[@strolledboar257]

@@elenar9901 why can’t I escape the word communist

[@mertpolat8989]

@@strolledboar257 because when the sussy bakas start nae naeing and doing the chug jug it starts to become a little crank that Soulja boy

[@elenar9901]

You're in the youtube comments section

[@flowgangsemaudamartoz7062]

@@mertpolat8989 Wheres the 9mm i have a hole to open in my skullcap.

[@keaflord]

Shit might turn into a gta v mission if he pisses off the wrong people. Micheal come through and install that chip. Freedom phone? More like “lifeinvader” phone haha

[@staceysharee9387]

😂😂

[@alexmd4452]

😳

[@kajmak64bit76]

Not gonna lie the world today and especially this video... looks exactly like GTA universe... it's like i'm in GTA universe dude...

[@medicgaming8218]

hopefully there's no crazy government dude selling flying bikes that shoot rockets

[@Bunny01879]

God damn it. Life imitates art.

[@sadbrocky7856]

5:01 This is one of the best clips and laugh he’s made this year!

[@Lync512]

Buying popcorn in advance for the documentaries about what happened with this company and what went wrong. 2021-07-19

[@SteenbergGaming]

@@user-gf5lq2pe3q Already exists, just in a different tech sector. It's called "Theranos" and I don't see this "Freedom Phone" becoming a bigger flop than the Theranos scam did.

[@mark.precioso]

I'm in too!

[@hd40kdx82]

Me too this same thing

[@mikecampos1193]

I give it a couple months and someone's going to do an investigation on this guy.

[@blackneos940]

Hey hey, that's when my 30th birthday was!

[@Zarzo_Crawford]

Not defending this phone, but come on. 95% of phones look the exact same black slim brick nowadays.

[@dr.vegito]

I mean I guess you're right

[@joshuaphillips755]

But they're not being marketed the same. Literally the point of this video is the marketing.

[@lollypop00p]

Dude they have the exact same buttons and cameras and everything, they arent similar they are twins

[@ThePhoneix999]

LG: hey were doing something different. Rip LG phones.

[@Nahan_Boker94]

Bcs sadly this is what commonly people need nowadays. Yeah back then before 2014 and chinese mobile phones copying models from samsung or iphone, every phone is trying to be different. Now all of them mostly playing safe and all look the same, priced around the same (except iphones) and have specs almost same. just pick the most suitable for yourself according to your need and price lol, nothing stand out completely between them..

[@Alinias]

Freedom isn't free... It's about 500 dollars.

[@davidpatterson3906]

Cost a buck oh five

[@ls200076]

50 50 cal bullets

[@parth3074]

The entire promotion seems like an ad straight out of gta

[@emptysoul8462]

Freedom phone is the most American thing ever.

[@xexpaguette]

*amureca*

[@PichuHasStems]

Absolute shit phone

[@billklatsch5058]

And its build to cash in bigtime on idiots... if you crack it open it bleeds red white and blue very likely

[@Potato-pc4tj]

@empty soul Unrelated but ur username paired with your pfp made me laugh

[@z.s.n.]

Freedom fries.

[@spencerbuck1074]

This guy has a TERRIBLE pitch but I know it's going to sell for some people

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

I mean, Nintendo fans are really gonna pay £/$50 above full price for an OLED screen lmao, people will buy anything if you pitch it right, or at least to the right audience.

[@ArchSchizo]

"We aren't like other companies" is starting to get on my nerves. I am desperate for a competitor to big tech, but I don't think it can be done at all.

[@maxflores3276]

Wonder who those people are. I wouldn’t doubt Trump is the first in line

[@The_Prizessin_der_Verurteilung]

@@maxflores3276 I mean, hasn't he been banned from Facebook and Twitter again after his ban wore off, despite not having done anything thereafter since he was re-banned instantly? (I'm not even american, don't give me the trump supporter spiel because I couldn't care less) but surely it doesn't matter what he does if you don't follow him right? As true as it may or may not be, this "TrUmP bAd" stuff is beyond beating a dead horse at this point. Regardless, it'll be interesting to see if he does lol.

[@R3kickMusic]

This includes my maga parents

[@zeedause5289]

I may be eating ramen for lunch and living in a tiny apartment but at least I’m not Erik.

[@fungberto5562]

youngest bitcoin millionaire thought! i mean, whats not to love about a dude who cant grow a beard right and lives in the most stereotypical rich person area?

[@rodlp1423]

I looked through a news article on the phone and like you said, it turns out the phone was just a rebranded umdigi A9 with extra features. Which also is a mainland China based company so... Freedom phone is just a scam in every way

[@tristan6509]

Honestly that design is a dime a dozen nowadays, there are lots of companies that use teardrop notch and back camera array Infact the Samsung F02, M02, A02, and F41 has a pretty similar design. and that's just Samsungs, there are still Oppo, vivo, xiaomi etc.

[@grimes558]

@Francisco Miguel Me: shut the fuck up with the fucking me's holy fucking shit

[@river_brook]

@@grimes558 me: internet culture is beyond all of our control and calling people out for hackneyed jokes is itself gauche

[@grimes558]

@@river_brook yeah I agree my post was dumb but what does gauche mean

[@FerociousPaul]

@@river_brook facts

[@grimes558]

@Francisco Miguel what Sorry ME: what

[@TheWizardGamez]

when you buy a freedom phone, you join the FBI's most wanted on sex offenders.

[@mookgg4861]

@The Cat Didn't know Matt Gaetz was gay.

[@gv4436]

@@uncannyvalley2350 you're solid until you just slap on them being gay as the reason behind this

[@uncannyvalley2350]

@@gv4436 cool, thats a strawman, but you should look into Roy Cohn, Epstein, Jimmy Saville, Rolf Harris, Elton John, Gary Glitter, Boystown, Franklin Scandal, the Azimuth Trust, Nixon, Reagan and Bush, Freemasonry, Greco Roman culture and Bohemian Grove before rattling like to empty can, and assigning meaning where it was not implied

[@uncannyvalley2350]

@The Cat you're the one spouting right wing gibberish bud, and now you're gaslighting me for calling it out, unless you were being sarcastic, in which case Poe's Law applies and It's still on you for being not funny and a shitty communicator, you want to joke about people being persecuted for their sexual freedoms then you might as well be a magat

[@gv4436]

@@uncannyvalley2350 telling by you’re other comments, we’re on the same side with this, so why don’t you just calm down like two degrees. fully aware of what we’re taking shot, i’m saying i don’t understand your comment, the closeted gays part

[@Kodeb8]

This thing literally glows harder than a gamma ray burst.

[@satyajeetjadeja4711]

I hope the gamma ray falls on this 'Erik ' guy before losing their energy

[@dysonspreybar4903]

It’s not glowing, it’s just a grift

[@jackleutris8662]

Too many glowies inside of it

[@SairinEarthsea]

Eh, probably just mild radiation.

[@vitaleriof]

They've already lost me at the "i'm the youngest bitcoin millionarie" part

[@jd-mp3uf]

This feels like such a blatant joke, I wouldn’t be surprised if instead of keyboard click noises it’ll have eagle noises and gunshots playing whenever you type something. What’s next? A pre-installed hooters app and a limited edition bible? This feels so corny yet I can see someone falling for this

[@isaaclara2485]

Hooters app and a limited edition Bible 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 bro that’s the funniest shit I’ve read in a long time

[@Weareonenation303]

If people fall for dumb shit like the cash app scams, falling for this BS is definitely in the realm of possibilities.

[@thedog9305]

its obviously a joke. do people actually believe this?

[@kylevernon]

The dudes a crypto libertarian, not a fuckin Cowboy.

[@kylevernon]

The 2000s called and wants its cringey anti-patriotic joke back

[@Ghost101]

Erik: We don't ban apps. Period. Muta: What if the app has malware? Are you going to ban it then? 5:07 🤣🤣🤣

[@shadowsketch926]

@SidKillz dont even try to argue with these brainlets, the concept of context and nuance is lost on them so hard they can't distinguish google/apple from the government anymore

[@spookybaby1313]

This bit made me crease 😂 the way he just stops for a second and looks at the camera. Fuck sake 😂

[@Redzeths]

To be fair, there is an easy fix for this. Just flag every malware app as malware. If people want to download malware then they can. (not defending the phone, but this seems like an easy fix, illegal stuff though, yeah that will need to get banned probably)

[@wlonsdale1]

No android device bans apps. I can download anything I want.

[@vitorgrassmann1118]

If they have a 0 ban police, malware is the least of their concerns, there is way worse apps that are gonna be created

[@toast1655]

This is like when Saul Goodman was selling pre paid phones marketed towards privacy

[@plaguis1391]

Who? Were the phones any good?

[@tamiwu0346]

@@plaguis1391 Its a character from a TV show (Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul). He isn't known for being the most honest of people...

[@jesusjimenez3105]

ok but buying tracphones as burner phones was and is STILL a thing, which is why it made sense in the show, this is just 100% a scam lmfaoo

[@Godahv]

@@plaguis1391 yeah, if you bought a phone off him, he would be your lawyer for free one time tho and only for a minor crime.

[@planetphatness]

@@plaguis1391 he was basically selling burner phones

[@juancena6220]

This is literally the Soulja Boy console all over again.

[@Jidcruz1]

The moment he mentioned Silicon Valley, I immediately had a red flag.

[@SairinEarthsea]

Is that a stardew valley mod?

@@SairinEarthsea Context?

[@indexwell6546]

What that has to do with silicon valley srry not knowlegde about that stuff

[@SairinEarthsea]

@ I'm not sure what silicone valley is but the first thing that popped into my mind was stardew valley so I thought maybe it was a mod that gave everyone silicone.

[@adenthepotato4238]

@ they are just jokin

[@cooperd.9660]

I just wish we didn't even have to even think of coming up with the idea of a "freedom phone" in the first place

[@whoathatsanicememe3093]

It's ridiculous isn't it. I really, really, really hope Americans wake up before what's left of our freedom is gone.

[@themagalanium9491]

@@whoathatsanicememe3093 I think that we will get past this ridiculousness. I have hope and you should too. Human decency will always prevail

[@halogod0298]

@@themagalanium9491 let’s hope. A lot of younger people are extremely lost

[@halogod0298]

@Savetion 卐 I don’t get it

[@badwolf9956]

I’m a boomer uncle on Parler and this is deep

[@mrcolz9373]

The default apps like Parler or Brave, and the fact it's outsourced from China, make this phone the most American mix of all the American stereotypes Edit: Stop having a war in the replies

[@killertigergaming6762]

Why brave out of those

[@KS-id5cb]

whats wrong with parler or brave

[@shodan658]

@@KS-id5cb Idk much about parlor, but Brave had some really shady history, like replacing URLs that you enter with Brave's affiliate link for that site, so they can make money, WITHOUT THE USER'S KNOWLEDGE OR CONCENT. A browser should never do this without concent, ESPECIALLY one that claims to be for privacy, security and freedom. And this is only the tip of the iceberg. Read about all their controversies. They have a new one almost every year. They are not a trustworthy company If you want a private and secure browser for android, check out Bromite; a hardened and degoogled fork of chromium with adblocking. As for desktop, a hardened firefox is worlds better than brave, and I run it in a firejail container for extra security

[@illuminaticake4528]

@@KS-id5cb he explained brave so let me explain parler Parler advertises itself as the free speech alternative to Twitter, therefore its users say whatever the heck they want. Clearly the website is controversial so they took it down and removed it from the App Store for a while. There's too many sites doing the whole big tech sucks thing, like SaidIt, Gettr, and CloutHub, and none of them are actually original Edit: and Newsmax and OANN are the alternatives to "the biased media" cause they're unbiased and only delivering truth And by that i mean they tell trump supporters what they want to hear, like fox news did except they dont like fox anymore

[@KS-id5cb]

@@illuminaticake4528 Ok so they took it down for allowing people to say whatever they want and you think thats good and okay, wew

[@perciusmandate]

Ngl, given the audience this thing is being marketed towards, can we just kinda... let them be scammed?

[@supernova2958]

@Brain Griffin ASMF I'm having a fucking stroke reading your comment lol

[@Weareonenation303]

This is the tech equivalent of Soulja Boy's BS scams.

[@Dreezie]

Damn yall both got no lives

[@Dreezie]

What did jacksepticeye even do to deserve this

[@iqbalfabianza3866]

@@Dreezie _both of these two such a bot_

[@iqbalfabianza3866]

Yup, it's best equal with souljuh bōyz

[@trollface808crashout]

what do you mean, the SouljaConsole is objectively better than the PS5 and Xbox Series X

[@Kee-kay]

Erik: *creates freedom phone* Customers: *downloads Facebook, Instagram and TikTok*

[@deedr1234]

I honest to god thought the freedom phone was just one big shitpost. Didn't think it was actually REAL.

[@jorgerincon6874]

I've just finished watching the intro, but wtf saying you're accomplished or qualified just cause you bought Bitcoin is like saying someone is qualified for anything just cause they bought a lottery ticket and won.

[@googleaccount7806]

The sad thing is that this dude will actually make money with this shit.

[@iamthestormthatisapproachi5349]

I don't trust the guy just by the way he's dressed. He's just like all those people who claim they are "right wing" "patriot" "conservative" "Republican" and "Trump supporter" who just happen to post a link to give them money every chance they get, they are fake.

[@Jarczenko]

Provoking black clouds in isolation

[@CypressDahlia]

grifters gonna grift. Politics is profitable for people in general so they'll find ways to milk it.

[@leacwm]

Sounds like most tories

[@fatherWolt]

The evil laugh after the malware joke is genuinely the best fucking reaction to what he said hahahahaha

[@messofahumanbeing3684]

this man talks about freedom so much you'd think he's a kojima villain

[@lordkaczuha4598]

Trust is literally a part of lineage os so its not theirs

[@666asheys]

@Savetion 卐 tf is all this about ive been seeing this shit everywhere

[@vignettetsukinoseapril]

I bet a Google Pixel has more privacy and security feature than this hotpile

[@AYT04]

0:40 My ringtone, Ty muta

[@1999_reborn]

5:05 that laugh is the best thing ever

[@nutsandbolts1264]

Honestly, this ironically looks like one of those KZbin parody videos that make fun of products like this

[@abhishekdas2352]

This Freedom Phone will certainly make America great and proud again🤣🤣🤣

[@bazil4146]

I like how they added conservative news apps as if conservatives are the only ones who value privacy and free-speech

[@juliansoto2651]

To be fair they might not be the only ones that value free speech, but they are definitely the ones that are being silenced the most.

[@branpod]

My only guess is because they’re the most well known apps that have been banned in recent times. Anyways, yeah, data privacy and free speech are a bi-partisan issues, no matter what people say

[@silenced8630]

You probably get excited when people get deplatformed

[@dhruvtukadiya]

Whenever I hear conservatives mention "free speech" I instantly get reminded of the r/conservative subreddit; a place where - wait for it - _only approved users_ are allowed to post whenever something happens that might invite people with differing opinions.

[@CrudePixels]

@@dhruvtukadiya that's probably so there subredddit doesn't get quarantined because they have different views

[@boo_1096]

I love how he's like our own Trust system, but it's exactly the LineageOS system...

[@lincolnlinn855]

Heard about the 'Freedom Phone' yesterday. My First thought was, "Muta please make a video about this shitty phone." Today my prayers were answered.

[@47RoninGaming]

The ultimate grift, a Chinese phone purported as American freedom

[@IC-lz3of]

Actually, that's the reason I only buy Huawei now. If my government spies on me, I could be barred from getting a public sector job. If the Chinese spy on me, they're not exactly going to send that data to a Western government.

[@47RoninGaming]

@@IC-lz3of I see you like to play uno.

[@Luixxxd1]

Not really. The owner himself tried to find manufacturing sites on USA land, but there are none. He is quite open about the whole project, just read more

[@47RoninGaming]

@@Luixxxd1 I see you don't like to play uno. J/k couldn't resist.

[@lexerwilliams8880]

As Admiral Akbar once said, “ITS A TRAP”