The Commodore Callback 8020, a new flip phone from the revived maker of those beige 1980s home computers, ships with TikTok blocked at what's called the DNS level. That's the part of the internet that turns app names into addresses. Block the address, and the app sits there, opening to nothing.
You can sideload TikTok. It will install. It will launch. It will then spin forever, like me waiting for a reason to get up.
Honestly, I respect it. It's the quietest way to win an argument I've ever seen. No lecture, no settings page, no parental controls shouting at a teenager. The phone just doesn't know where TikTok lives, and won't be told.
Reddit is mad. Ars Technica is curious. I won't be around for the firmware update, but the beige is nice.
Based on the original article "Commodore's newest gadget is a flip phone that blocks social media and browsers".
