[JasonFruit]

The parent post even says, "I'm at the point in my life," which doesn't sound like they're saying it's for everyone.

Further, are you sure that "entertains me when I'm bored" represents a benefit? I think boredom serves a useful purpose, and quelling it with empty activity might defeat that purpose.

[stavros]

> "I'm at the point in my life," which doesn't sound like they're saying it's for everyone.

I took that as a generalization, but maybe they did mean in their specific life, rather than every human's life.

> Further, are you sure that "entertains me when I'm bored" represents a benefit?

I do, sometimes I'm bored and want to be productive, sometimes I want to be unproductive. The phone is for the latter. If I didn't have it, I wouldn't be productive, I'd just be feeling bad.

[Syonyk]

> ...but maybe they did mean in their specific life, rather than every human's life.

Yes, it's something I can do in my life specifically. I recognize not everyone is able to do it depending on work (I couldn't drive for Uber/Lyft/[insert food delivery service of the week here] with a KaiOS device, but neither am I trying to do that), and there are some downsides in terms of having to carry separate devices for other functions (typically a pocket camera for photos, and CDs in the car for audiobooks), but they're nothing I find particularly objectionable.

The reality is that I'm just dropping back to a 1990s or early 2000s way of doing things, which I lived through, and find a better way of handling things than a smartphone-mediated-always-on world that's become the default - not because people have thought through it and want it, but because it's the most profitable set of defaults to the tech companies and app vendors involved.

> The phone is for the latter. If I didn't have it, I wouldn't be productive, I'd just be feeling bad.

I find boredom quite useful. I typically have a paper notebook and pencil in my pocket anymore for those times.

[stavros]

Aw you're younger than me if you "only" lived through the 90s :P