The storytelling demon is the phone. Always reminding me of the story. Periodically tapping me on the shoulder. "Hey hey look at this! This is important!"
Having a device capable of communication practically anywhere, at any time, is something I happily carry.
Being required to carry an apple/google tracking device, constantly analysing & pimping you out, simply so you can buy an airline ticket, a train ticket, etc - is something I do begrudgingly.
Just as there ought to be a law accepting cash, there ought to be a law mandating that any online payments for things such as airline or train tickets should be accessible via a standard HTML web browser, firefox/safari/chrome. That way I could carry a linux phone without being worried if I'd get stuck at a border because I couldn't install some android app (and no, it won't run emulated because of some nonsensical 'security' measures).