I bought my first smart-phone last year and have not noticed any changes from when I owned a $12 dumb-flip-phone from Walmart. I suppose it may be less about t

I bought my first smart-phone last year and have not noticed any changes from when I owned a $12 dumb-flip-phone from Walmart. I suppose it may be less about the tech and more about the way the tech is used. I don't install any apps and I used adb without root to remove most of the preloaded junk. HN is the only social site I interact with and I don't use my phone for that. I still don't quite understand what people mean when they say a phone is required to function in society. I often forget it at home when I go out and don't usually realize until I get home that I forgot it. So I think that people could just uninstall most of the apps on their phone for the same spiritual experience. Or just leave it in airplane mode or power it off. Maybe someone could come up with an app that uses the auxiliary button that is commonly used for the flashlight mode or camera to toggle-hard-disable all apps not required for voice calls or something like that assuming it could be done without rooting the phone.