Re:How to Quit Your Smartphone
by JohnFen on Monday February 05, 2024 @10:46AM
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I can't speak for anyone else, but for me, getting rid of my smartphone is very important.
There are very large benefits to having one, but I think that the drawbacks, of the sort you're talking about as well as the privacy/security issues with them, are larger than the benefits. They are a net negative. And I don't even use social media.
It wasn't always so. This equation became unfavorable just a handful of years ago.
And the fact that it's hard enough to give them up that I need a transition period gives even greater urgency to the need for me to give them up.
There are very large benefits to having one, but I think that the drawbacks, of the sort you're talking about as well as the privacy/security issues with them, are larger than the benefits. They are a net negative. And I don't even use social media.
It wasn't always so. This equation became unfavorable just a handful of years ago.
And the fact that it's hard enough to give them up that I need a transition period gives even greater urgency to the need for me to give them up.