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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by tester756 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @03:46PM (#26584542)
20 yo with flip phone and used smartphone maybe for 2 days, ama?

when it sucks:

* sending photos - rarely needed for me, but when I need it I "kinda really" need it, but you can probably work around it by buying better flip phone

* not seeing emojis in SMS

* when you need quick access to internet e.g for map, some info. I never needed it(I try to remember pathes/ways either via map or google maps or just ask people at the place), but I'm sometimes worried that I may need it

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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by potatoman22 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @04:08PM (#26584768)
Do you find it hard to connect to people without services like FaceTime, Snapchat, Messenger, or Whatsapp? I'm a similar age and so much of my socializing takes place on digital platforms like those, especially during COVID.
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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by tester756 on Thursday March 25, 2021 @04:34PM (#26585039)
> Do you find it hard to connect to people without services like FaceTime, Snapchat, Messenger, or Whatsapp? I'm a similar age and so much of my socializing takes place on digital platforms like those, especially during COVID.

Shockingly SMS works fine, nobody ever had problem with it.

>Messenger

I use FB like once a week on my PC/Laptop because I'm studying and unfortunely it is must have

>I'm a similar age and so much of my socializing takes place on digital platforms like those, especially during COVID.

on my PC/Laptop I use a lot of VoIPs like Ts3/Discord, but in 90% of the cases with people from the Internet, so it's hard to relate.

You're probably right, but I do not use them (insta, snap, ...) so I'm not aware of what I do lose

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Re:Phones and apps reduce your ability to focus even when th... by mshanowitz on Thursday March 25, 2021 @04:14PM (#26584812)
Also inability to reply to specific text messages.

I find this to be a very useful feature that you only get with "smart" messaging apps like WhatsApp.

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