[angrais]

Have you considered moving into sales? Because you just turned all the downsides into (faked) strengths.

As I see it, none of what you listed has practical benefits. That's why we have Spotify and all the software to overcome these drawbacks.

Perhaps "slow tech" is a thing, but certainly not widespread or advantageous.

[elagost]

I'm not in sales. I'm a devops/sysadmin person. And I didn't mean to do a sales pitch, sorry.

The downsides all wind up being worth it to me because I'm starting from the premise of "I want my smartphone as far away from me as often as possible". It allows me to decouple the primary reason I'd carry my smartphone, and carry something less unwanted instead. I'm guessing you can figure out the reasons; feeds, notifications, alerts, an operating system built for annoyance/addiction that is not Free Software, etc.

Really, though, I encourage you to try it out. Think about how much more time you had to think while walking your dog or something 20 years ago.

[StavrosK]

> Think about how much more time you had to think while walking your dog or something 20 years ago.

This is an excellent point. I recently mused about how all my ideas for writing articles come in the shower, and your comment made me realize it's because I have nothing to distract me.

I'll try removing distractions/being bored more often, thanks!

[whall6]

I was thinking the same thing. Maybe he is in sales for this company.