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depends on what your goals are. This post says "Just let me drive. I don't need fancy screens." An analogy with a phone might be to just talk to people. Ther
by m463 2y ago
depends on what your goals are.
This post says "Just let me drive. I don't need fancy screens."
An analogy with a phone might be to just talk to people.
There are plenty more reasons for a dumb phone. Limited distraction for self/kids. Long battery time. privacy. sovereignty would align with open source, not necessarily dumb phone (you control the software)
- shiroiushi 2y ago>depends on what your goals are. >An analogy with a phone might be to just talk to people. Sure, I'm just pointing out that I don't think very many people these days actually want such a thing. Outside of HN (which seems to have a lot of very anti-tech people curiously), all the people I know, of all age ranges, simply don't actually use phones much for voice calling. When they do, it's usually just for talking to businesses as I said before, not for family and friends. Instead, people are using phones for so many other non-voice-calling things which simply won't work on a dumbphone. I feel like this is one of those things where people are appealing to nostalgia, but no one actually puts their money where their mouth is. Also, last I heard, dumbphones (flipphones) really are still available in many markets for people who want them, but almost no one does except perhaps for some elderly people. So I think this is really just people whining about the "good ol' days" while forgetting they weren't that good.