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I found the data on attention span really interesting and quite shocking. I'm also driving a 'dumbphone' but disappointed with HMD's / Nokia's definition. It
by whitehexagon 1y ago
I found the data on attention span really interesting and quite shocking.
I'm also driving a 'dumbphone' but disappointed with HMD's / Nokia's definition. It still has a fb app, yuk! and tries to do things with data connection (I had to get a sim with data disabled, not so easy these days). The few games on there trigger some kind of billing charge if you play them a few times. Oh and no developer SDK.
What is nice is the peace and silence it has brought me. I was quite unsure at first, especially having been an App developer for many years. But now I am very happy to have escaped notification hell.
I also dont want to live in a world where I have to carry a 'smart' tracking device around to be able to partake in society. When my bank insisted on an App I waved my dumb phone, and suddenly I was able to continue without.
I am hoping it will be enough to avoid being forced into a digital-euro tracking currency. But too many people take the easy option, and so I am sure I fight a losing battle. But I wonder at what point carrying a smartphone will become a legal requirement? provided by the government? or appear in public libraries for us odd-balls that value privacy. Probably they just make the dumbphones smarter, or illegal, like cash seems to be heading.
- card_zero 1y agoI found the data on attention span uncited and meaningless, but yes, certainly shocking. I wonder who made that chart and how the times were measured and who participated. Still, shocking, so I guess it did its job.