Digitally weary users switch to ‘dumb’ phones

Re:Digitally weary users switch to ‘dumb’ phones by mesozoic on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @03:33PM (#11170014)

Or you know the other option. Uninstall facebook and twitter and instgram and snapchat and....

Your battery will last much longer. You won't get constant popups showing you your life isn't as good as your friends lives. And you can access the internet if you need to.

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Re:Digitally weary users switch to ‘dumb’ phones by giancarlostoro on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @04:11PM (#11170249)

I do this as well, and I wish people did this more, it really is sad when I am supposed to be the "computer nerd" and everyone else is glued to a screen longer than me. I also get less of people's attention nowadays as a result.

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Re:Digitally weary users switch to ‘dumb’ phones by brewdad on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @10:38PM (#11172214)

On Android, try either Tinfoil[1] or Metal[2] instead of Facebook and Twitter's apps.

[1]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.danvelazco... [2]: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nam.fbwrap...

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Re:Digitally weary users switch to ‘dumb’ phones by Jade_Jet on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @08:48PM (#11171815)

This is my situation. I have a bare bones Nexus 6P where all of my apps fit on one screen without scrolling. Only the phone, SMS, and Pagerduty apps send push notifications.

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