[tastysandwich]

Like the Light Phone, I really love the idea. But, even as someone who doesn't use social media, my whole life has become reconfigured around my smartphone. Yes there are negatives - the endless distractions - but it's just too convenient to give up a fully-featured smartphone.

Just to give some random examples that you can't do on these devices..

  - I track all my workouts in my phone.
  - Don't need recipe books anymore.
  - Controlling TV/lighting/heating/robot vacuum.
  - Buying groceries.
  - Guitar tuner. Metronome. Practicing scales.
  - Voice recorder (for quickly remembering a cool riff I made up).
  - Playing a podcast from YouTube while I run because I don't have Spotify.
  - NFC for payment, transport.
  - Calendar (which this seems to be lacking)
  - Paying bills.
  - Watching my daughter's camera when she naps.
  - Flashcards for studying.
  - Dictionary. Foreign language dictionaries.
  - Sometimes even torrenting.

I became really aware of how much we depend on these devices when I had a daughter and we thoughtlessly decreed we'd never use a smartphone around her. That became untenable quite quickly. "Hey wanna take little one for a walk?" "I think it might rain, let me check the radar quickly"

I just don't have social media apps installed and that's pretty good for me.