[drewzero1]

I think it might be worth making a distinction here between the Internet as a venue for communication and information, and the internet as a connection method. I wouldn't consider text messengers or cable services that connect over the internet as part of the Internet, any more than I would consider a VoIP landline to be part of the Internet.

I gave up my smartphone for several years. When I rejoined the smartphone world last spring it was weird to me how so many apps expected a constant connection, since I had grown accustomed to only having internet access at home and (sometimes) at work. My feature phone had a browser in the old-school mobile sense (Opera mini over 2G) but unless I really needed an answer to some question right away I would wait until I got home.

The main thing I noticed was that if there was something I wanted to learn more about, or look up an answer to, I need to remember it until computer time--and write it down if it's important. Usually it's not that important, and I ended up becoming more okay with not binging information immediately every time I had a craving for it.