I'm absolutely convinced that with the exception of the most discplined and productive 5-10% of people smartphones are a massive net loss for most people. Coul

I'm absolutely convinced that with the exception of the most discplined and productive 5-10% of people smartphones are a massive net loss for most people. Could a portable computer with all the radios sensors smartphones have be a net gain? Absolutely, we all knew this and it's why many of us were the first to replace our palm pilots with smartphones. The reality is though that all of the software (especially the system software) is designed to harm the user in pretty serious ways. I don't own a phone and if I ever have kids they will be given a small laptop with Ethernet but no WiFi running Linux like my dad gave me when I was 10.