[ProllyInfamous]

>What do you do with this living space without a TV?

My main social space is my front porch, which is a semi-enclosed dogrun with ample seating (no TV). My "living room" doesn't have a couch, which naturally forces you towards seating (aforementioned outside). There is a small table, with two chairs only; bookshelves, artwork, and projectspace mostly for standing room only.

Not really much of a socialite, but I really don't like TVs (nor people in my small space).

>current generation feels ... about smartphones

I don't use those, either. Hate that everything is now an app (including parking).

old_man_yells_at_clouds.gif (early forties)

[hn_acc1]

While I sadly have to have a phone for some things (Okta, for example, for work) and in general for phone calls / texting, I try to install as few apps as possible. If there's a web interface and I don't need the info with me, I'll use the web interface.

[ProllyInfamous]

My last W2 job (~2017, estimator) eventually provided me with a smartphone because they wanted me to immediately send pictures from jobsites. This is a fair business requirement; offhours, I'd leave the phone charging at work.

Bossman one day informed me that I'd need to start taking the phone home with me, to which I told him that would not happen: "my free time is my free time." He told me about this cool new tech that'd allow him to 'reach out' any time he had any questions — nah'brah, "I'll quit before doing that."

Eventually I held true.

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Good luck in your own phoneless quest...