I’d like to get a dumbphone and stop using smartphones, but i’m forced to rely on the latter for work and finances and various things that really shouldn’t be limited to just existing in mobile apps but are. How practical would it be to use a simple dumbphone (i’m currently looking at a Light Phone II) for calls and do everything else in an Android or /e/OS emulator on my Linux computer? Has anyone else tried this before?
I don’t see why you couldn’t, but that also sounds extremely inconvenient. You can always have a dumb phone and a smartphone. Just don’t set up service for the smartphone. You can still use it on wifi. If you end up needing to get a new smartphone later, because it’s no longer supported or whatever reason, you can always get a cheap low end phone.
I’m assuming you have a smartphone now and it seems like having both devices is the more convenient option.