200 years is a loooooooong time. Would expect even more bizarre shifts in digital communications, like attached emotional imprints from automatic brain scans or something.
* More private. Mom and dad can't snoop as easily, especially if you're in the backseat of their car
* Asynchronous. You can answer it when it is convenient and not have to stop what you're doing.
>and not have to stop what you're doing.
Which is, in their case, being on their phone all day, ironically enough. Asynchronicity is what I meant by not requiring spontaneity (not being synchronous, in other words).