The best part is that fully half of these are addressed to my mom…

  • Ricky Rigatoni
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    4928 days ago

    The invention of smartphones and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race.

    • Admiral Patrick
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      28 days ago

      Hard agree!

      I downgraded to a pseudo dumb phone a few months ago, and it’s been life changing in all the best ways.

      • @[email protected]
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        428 days ago

        i don’t even do sms on my ‘dumb’ phone.

        when the phone makes a noise, it’s either low on battery (or, if it was plugged-in, fully charged), an alarm or timer i set, or a very high probability of being a legit call (the carrier has reasonably-effective blockers for spam, bots and spoofed origin calls).

        • Admiral Patrick
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          628 days ago

          Totally respect that.

          I tried a month of dumbphone but realized there was a minimum of “smart” I needed in a daily driving device. My compromise was a low-end smartphone in a flip phone form factor which is just smart enough for what I need.

      • @[email protected]
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        228 days ago

        Personally I keep my installed apps to a minimum, heavily use Firefox on mobile with uBlock Origin, and heavily curate what’s allowed to send notifications and when, so my phone is quiet and not distracting but there when I want it/need it