I hate cell phones. They are so much worse to use than computers. But the internet is designed to accommodate cell phones. Further, you're expected to have your cell phone on you every time you leave the house. Nobody even considers the possibility that you don't own a cell phone. I side with the boomers on this. Fuck cell phones.
>>85578282I saw the rise of "smartphones" and always thought they were for retards, because why would you need your phone to do all that? My computer can do anything a "smartphone" can do 1000x better, and with a proper fucking mouse and keyboard. I've never needed to install an "app" from some proprietary virtual storefront, I can run .exe files from whatever source I fucking want because I actually have control over my computer. All a phone needs to do is call and text, that is it. I will never put up with smartphones, I've always either had flip phones or phones with a full button keyboard. Touch screens are clumsy and imprecise and have zero haptic feedback. Pissed me off when windows 8 tried to emulate a "smartphone" app layout when it's a fucking computer. It's pissed me off since day one, "smartphone" internet usage is how normies flooded the old internet and that's precisely why and when everything went to shit. Smartphones are for normies.
>>85578335I feel as though I have no option but to own a smartphone, and ever since high school I've felt myself get sucked into it. But I don't like it.
>>85578374It doesn't have to be compulsory, like I said I've never had one and I've never needed one. Save yourself the overpriced rectangle, it really isn't mandatory.
>>85578374I live in a country where it is basically impossible to navigate without one
>>85578282>Further, you're expected to have your cell phone on you every time you leave the house. Nobody even considers the possibility that you don't own a cell phone.Just don't take your phone when you go out? Where I live, you need your phone when going to doctor appointments because of insurance or when doing financial transactions or managing your investments; otherwise you kind of don't need your phone. I used to take my phone everywhere because I needed it for uber, but now I have a car and I avoid having it with me whenever I can, plus I leave it uncharged. The result is that I still spend a lot of fucking time on the screen, but now most of it is on my PC, which means that I at least browse the internet consciously and spend more time on games and anime and reading instead of doomscrolling.>I side with the boomers on thisBoomers are pro-tech, they are all addicted to Instagram and tiktok and slop content nowadays.>Fuck cell phonesAgreed. A pocket computer may actually be very convenient, but being reachable 100% of the time is terrible and, most importantly, it changed the society for worst. So fuck smartphones.
>>85578434Where I live, not having your phone on you whenever you leave the house is not a viable option.
>>85578434>Just don't take your phone when you go out?he result is that I still spend a lot of fucking time on the screen, butYou realize you sound like an addict desperately trying not to relapse, right? You really don't need that thing, cold turkey and clean is the only sensible way.
I don't know what phone world excuse you people are living in but I don't even have my flip phone charged half the dang time and I'm not getting stoned to death in the public square about it every time I go out.
>>85578282I like my Nokia 2780. It's just slightly more powerful than a truly retarded phone, so it's got google maps but nothing pozzed like tiktok or social media. You could use the shitty browser to go on mobile twitter like it was the 2000s if you wanted. It has a removable battery and the only issue I have had with it is some overheating during the peak of summer.
