>Most people don’t know to care and many people who know don’t care I know, and I'd rather not have a phone at all (I used to use it extensively to read ebooks

>Most people don’t know to care and many people who know don’t care I know, and I'd rather not have a phone at all (I used to use it extensively to read ebooks, but have since moved to a dedicated e-ink reader), but it's hard to participate in modern society without one. RMS is in the position to do so because he has various assistants and means of dealing with his personal quirks - people are aware of this and work around him. But RMS is a celebrity - if I refused to own a mobile phone and something went wrong at work while I was on-call and away from my house I'd be in deep trouble.