Copy-pasting from above: > I guess my point is more that I wish the communication styles enabled by smartphones and the social expectations they carry weren't

Copy-pasting from above: > I guess my point is more that I wish the communication styles enabled by smartphones and the social expectations they carry weren't the norm. I'm not even really sure what I would do if I could wish my own phone into existence. I also broadly agree with the usual laundry list of complaints: closed platforms, surveillance, ads, lack of innovation, smartphones being more like status symbols than actual pieces of technology.