Comment on What would stop you from switching to a flip phone (or dumbphone) in 2025?
the_q@lemmy.zip 4 days ago
It’s weird reading the responses. Our society has pushed smartphones down our throats that people can’t imagine living without one. They name things they “need” when in reality it’s all convenience in some form or another. All the while the true purpose of these devices is to listen, serve ads and feed on our insecurities, fears and anger.
Nima@leminal.space 4 days ago
“our society has pushed smart phones down our throats”
smartphones evolved from older methods of just getting through the day. taking notes, listening to music, calandars, date books, libraries, files, methods of communication.
you make the assumption that everyone is a slave to their device just because it’s a smart device.
some of us were alive before smart phones existed. and we’d prefer not to go back in tech. and would instead prefer the devices we have now.
bryndos@fedia.io 4 days ago
I second this.
No one forced me. Even when work tried to force me to use smartphone 2FA it was easy enough to say "I'm not putting any f-ing micrsoft crap on my phone", they found a workaround - magically they could just use the basic telephone network to do the 2FA.
I chose to get one because it's more convenient than having phone, walkman, camera, book, torch , map, compass etc.
I still carry many of those things from time to time when I want them, or when I want extra resilience.
But I's choose the phone most times because it is a cheap, lightweight, small, convenient alternative that makes so many things just a bit easier.
Bloody hell just faffing around with walkman batteries and recording compilation tapes was annoying enough.
It's also very easy to just leave your phone behind and use the alternatives, they pretty much all still exist in some form. I mean that happens to me regularly whenever I lose my phone of when I forget to charge it or (partly) when I'm just out of range of the celluar network. I don't remember either dying or having any police jump on me and force me to buy a new one or charge it up immediately.