Re:Living with a best-selling Indian phone for 10 days
by suprfnk on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:41PM
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The problem is that times have changed. Back then the scenario you are describing was everyone. Right now, if you were to go 'back' to that life, you will be an outcast. People won't understand why you don't respond to their messages. If you explain them, people have to make an exception in communication just for you. That gets annoying, and you will be skipped over easier.
Re:Living with a best-selling Indian phone for 10 days
by bovermyer on Friday July 13, 2018 @08:43PM
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No, the scenario back then was a group of maybe 60 people at most.
The scenario now is also a group of maybe 60 people. Those 60 people are not so high strung as to require a response immediately.
My biggest problem with "downgrading" to a landline now would be the loss of Google Maps, to be perfectly honest. I would lose none of the richness of connection that I have now.
I remember a time when I used a physical landline phone as my only phone. I didn't care if I missed a call, because the people that I wanted to talk to either would see me at school the next day or would show up at my house if it was important. Texting was nonexistent.
Or, to put it another way - eh, life goes on if you can't do a thing.