Comment on ‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood
bitwolf@lemmy.one 10 months agoWho says you need a contract. You can just get and activate a prepaid SIM.
Comment on ‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood
bitwolf@lemmy.one 10 months agoWho says you need a contract. You can just get and activate a prepaid SIM.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Who says you even need cellular service? It’s just a different type of radio signal, VoIP has existed for years. If you even need a phone number. Every app under the sun has a calling feature now, but most people don’t use phone for calling anymore. Wifi is everywhere so cell signal is not as critical these days.
bitwolf@lemmy.one 10 months ago
True! I used Skype on a PSP to talk to friends before I had a cell phone.
cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Wow I had no idea Skype was on PSP.
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
There even was a camera for PSP specifically.
EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 10 months ago
As a child, I was just not given home wi-fi password, and the cell plan effectively had no internet (to be fair, parents were on the same call-and-sms only plans as well). I definitely did not want internet bad enough to wander around in search of public wi-fi.