Smartphones are awesome
this post was submitted on 20 Dec 2024
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The gaming sectors always makes me hurt the most man.
It has taken over conventions too so there is little a way to avoid it entirely.
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Pocket porn!
"Smartphones. This Christmas, take a short break from using a device to masturbate and use it to talk to your extended family." Yea that's not something I considered would happen with tech when I was younger.
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There’s (mostly) nothing wrong with the technology. It’s the enshittification and profit motive behind nearly everything that’s the real problem.
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Apparently parents love it as it keeps the kids quiet and relieves them of the stress of parenting.
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GPS and calendar.
I'm prepared for the downvotes knowing where I'm posting.
If you hate it that much, why are you using it? It's a tool. It's useful. It also allows you to overindulge, but that says more about you than the tool.
As someone who carries around a flip phone on purpose, it’s not impossible to live without a smartphone, but it’s getting more challenging.
Ticketmaster now requires a smartphone. You can’t print tickets. Which means I can no longer go to baseball games.
So far, that’s the only thing I’ve found that’s a hard block, but many other things are certainly not designed for the phone impaired.
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Not using the device doesn't suddenly end its impacts on society.
I don't have one, I'm browsing from my computer. I still go through all the inconveniences listed above and some more. Checkmate, smartphone user.
Yet, you engage with society. Curious.
I don't create posts claiming smart phones ruined every aspect of society dude
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Smartphones are using me more than I use them. I hate them, and love them, and hate that I love them.
A lot of those are problems caused by phones regardless of whether one uses one themselves.
But for the personal ones, there are self aware addicts of all kinds. Smokers know cigarettes are killing them, complain about them, sometimes even hate them but can't stop.
Edit: pair o words
That's a fair and well measured response. It begs the question of what we can do as individuals, and when it comes to smart phones I don't think there's much.
Thanks, I basically agree with you.
Like most of the tragic collective action problems (phones, climate change, sweatshops etc) I'm just trying to moderate as best I can for my own soul/health and try not to be too sad about it.
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