I'm around a decade behind you, I do have a smartphone but I dislike it and am (in my own lazy, passive fashion) seeking ways to minimize its use (I do find it

I'm around a decade behind you, I do have a smartphone but I dislike it and am (in my own lazy, passive fashion) seeking ways to minimize its use (I do find it very useful). Agree regarding the more general points raised, etc. - but to be particular and technical for a second, it boggles my mind that I carry around an always-online computer with multiple location tracking mechanisms, a general purpose buggy virtual machine filled with buggy applications, and a radio chip which has direct memory access to system RAM. The latter means that even if one had a way to run a formally secure system on the phone dry laugh, there could still be vulnerabilities / "streamlined mobile network operator access channels" down below - in the firmware (even fully FOSS androids have to deal with proprietary binary blobs on the radio chip) and/or hardware. Stock Lenovo/Windows etc. rootkits in BIOS are bad enough - but at least I don't carry those PCs around 24/7 with constant network access. Like, seriously.