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▶ 24:30 · $SSNLF · Samsung's pre-install revenue from TikTok/Meta structurally blocks true digital wellbeing phone
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The Spanish mobile phone sold in 50 countries | Balance Phone

2026-01-14 · 2 company · 3 thematic
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albert

Co-founder of Balance Phone, former Amazon digital advertising sales (3 years), studied at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona; left corporate job to solve personal smartphone addiction.

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“Hoy un Samsung, cualquier Samsung tiene TikTok de aplicación de sistema, que obviamente TikTok paga mucho dinero para estar una aplicación de sistema preconfigurada. Samsung no va a renunciar a ese mercado hasta que no sea un problema tan…”
—albert
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