Not trolling: How does your life feel different knowing your data is not being stored in some database?
Losing out on all those conveniences sounds miserable to me.
Losing out on all those conveniences sounds miserable to me.
Is it? because from my perspective you've taken yourself out of a few databases (AT&T / Verizon / Telco) and plopped yourself into a few other databases (2nd Line, Grab) without having a whole lot of benefit.
Well done to those of you who are able to carry around a smartphone and regulate yourselves but some of us need to take more drastic action to cut it out.
I cut my phone use by removing most social media apps. I have also disabled notifications for most remaining apps, except for Facetime and iMessage (since I use them for high signal/noise ratio communication with friends an family).
So I have a SIM with a dumbphone but no smartphone. People can call and send me messages. Frequently I leave that at home too.
I do have an iPod touch though which i use for podcasts, as a camera, and for a few specific things like a banking app. But no messaging, social media or distraction-type things are allowed on there.
People often get a bemused or even aggressive reaction to those who cut out conventional device habits.