People deciding to ditch their smartphones
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#2The day before I started seeing these posts, I ordered myself a nice Nokia 225 4G barphone.
Received it yesterday, works like a charm and I love it!
(Coming from HavocOS on Nokia 7.1, solid phone from 2018 which was still kicking - hard.)
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#3I have a smartphone but most of the notifications are turned off. I follow up and look at stuff when I want to.
I like being able to read or browse the web in boring situations, like standing in lines or in waiting rooms. I don't see the big difference between that and say, reading a book.
I've never gotten or honestly desired a social interaction while waiting in line for something.
Social media and everyone thinking the world cares what they say about everything is the problem, not the smartphone.
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#4Wasn't the British government about to start an ad campaign to get people to stop using enciphered messaging?
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#5Wasn't the British government about to start an ad campaign to get people to stop using enciphered messaging?
Go back to SMS! all is fine!
(mostly joking)
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#6I have a phone for 2fa (sucks) but I don't have a phone number and rarely take the device with me if I go out.
My internal stress level definitely improved. I also don't miss being _this_ connected.
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#7Recently it seems that tickets to some concerts are only available via a mobile app.
Ironically, Ticketmaster is kind of ok, as they let you access them using the mobile web browser. Some other vendors seem to be only allowing it through their proprietary apps, though (e.g., AXS).
Not only must you have a smartphone, but you must also use the Google or Apple app stores -- it's not like they'll just let you download an .apk from their own website or anything, of course.
I'm almost ready to just say fuck it and give up on all this bullshit, but when it's one of your favorite bands...
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#8I have a phone for 2fa (sucks) but I don't have a phone number and rarely take the device with me if I go out. My internal stress level definitely improved. I also don't miss being _this_ connected.
Assuming you use Linux, this should work as a 2FA app:
https://git.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/numberstation/
I use it on my Pinephone, but it works on my laptop too.
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#9I have a phone for 2fa (sucks) but I don't have a phone number and rarely take the device with me if I go out. My internal stress level definitely improved. I also don't miss being _this_ connected.
Assuming you use Linux, this should work as a 2FA app: https://git.sr.ht/~martijnbraam/numberstation/ I use it on my Pinephone, but it works on my laptop too.
That is awesome, and I'll take a look definitly. But doesn't help for my biggest pain point that is online banking.
They usually require some Google APIs within their own app so I am stuck with using a (unrooted) android phone.
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#10I have a smartphone but most of the notifications are turned off. I follow up and look at stuff when I want to. I like being able to read or browse the web in boring situations, like standing in lines or in waiting rooms. I don't see the big difference between that and say, reading a book. I've never gotten or honestly desired a social interaction while waiting in line for something. Social media and everyone thinkin…
It's heartening to hear that I'm not the only one. Browsing the web on a smartphone makes for a terrific distraction while standing in line at the coffee shop; My notifications are largely disabled and I've never used social media.
I can honestly say I've never suffered from envy/depression/addiction from the use of my device and I firmly believe this is why.