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@Kita okay yeah, I'll give you an actual review - I'll start with obvious gains and losses in your life other than pros and cons:
gains:
- WAY, WAY, WAY less self conscious, as in, the literal definition of being conscious of your own self, of thinking about your self. a reduction in egocentrism and an increase in unity with the rest of the world. i think going no smartphone is extremely helpful for people with serious personality disorders. it doesnt change the processes that ruin you but it massively reduces the amplitude - much lower capacity for massive death spirals.
- MASSIVE reduction in screen time. like i went from 8+h a day to ~2h a day. this means you suddenly have way more time for hobbies and its way easier to maintain a healthy sleep schedule.
- Much better sleep. Just like, all around.
- very retro early 2000s style relationship to technology. abbreviations like "brb" and "afk" actually mean something now - you are now online and offline, instead of in a constant sisyphean cycle of delivered, seen, opened, etc.
- everything to do with communications technology becomes more meaningful. conversations become more meaningful, messages become more meaningful etc.
- like a 20-100% increase in overall happiness and fulfillment
- 2-5x more of life experienced. MASSIVE xp buff.
losses:
- potentially a proprietary charger that costs FUCKING $40 TO REPLACE IF YOU LOSE IT (avoid ones that need a proprietary charger)
- *No spotify, soundcloud, etc.. usually has local music player instead of a streaming service. you gotta either start buying music or learning to pirate and transfer files.
- *loss of a convenient notes app. this is why i started carrying around pen and pocketbook everywhere.
- *not as reachable over email, which can frustrate employers, but fuck them.
- *people get frustrated you arent online all the time sometimes, but fuck them.
- *can't be consistently reached over smartphone messaging services like instagram, whatsapp, signal, etc.
- *more friction with accessing smartphone specific social networks whatsoever (apps that require a qr code scan or an app), like signal, whatsapp, telegram, etc. you can work around it with an android vm but its annoying.
- *more friction with file transferring. its not as easy to say, take a photo and send it on discord, as it is with a smartphone - you have the intermediate step of transferring files from your dumb phone to your computer.
- *can't read digital books, epubs, etc
- *forces you to be alone with your thoughts in a way thats not as possible with a smartphone. playing music over the mp3 player on your phone isnt as distracting as scrolling reels or jerking off, so i've had some bad nights. but, i've had much worse nights with a smartphone overall.
- *hard to send long texts on the go. gotta sit down and lock in.
- microphone, camera, speaker quality are probably all gonna be not great.
- usually proprietary software which can be a security/privacy concern but, also, just dont do sketchy shit on it dude its a phone.
(* = also a gain in my opinion)
you will get quite a bit of added friction into your life but that's kind of the whole point. you don't actually lose out on anything in particular. after about a year of being no smart phone, i can say it's been only positive.
gains:
- WAY, WAY, WAY less self conscious, as in, the literal definition of being conscious of your own self, of thinking about your self. a reduction in egocentrism and an increase in unity with the rest of the world. i think going no smartphone is extremely helpful for people with serious personality disorders. it doesnt change the processes that ruin you but it massively reduces the amplitude - much lower capacity for massive death spirals.
- MASSIVE reduction in screen time. like i went from 8+h a day to ~2h a day. this means you suddenly have way more time for hobbies and its way easier to maintain a healthy sleep schedule.
- Much better sleep. Just like, all around.
- very retro early 2000s style relationship to technology. abbreviations like "brb" and "afk" actually mean something now - you are now online and offline, instead of in a constant sisyphean cycle of delivered, seen, opened, etc.
- everything to do with communications technology becomes more meaningful. conversations become more meaningful, messages become more meaningful etc.
- like a 20-100% increase in overall happiness and fulfillment
- 2-5x more of life experienced. MASSIVE xp buff.
losses:
- potentially a proprietary charger that costs FUCKING $40 TO REPLACE IF YOU LOSE IT (avoid ones that need a proprietary charger)
- *No spotify, soundcloud, etc.. usually has local music player instead of a streaming service. you gotta either start buying music or learning to pirate and transfer files.
- *loss of a convenient notes app. this is why i started carrying around pen and pocketbook everywhere.
- *not as reachable over email, which can frustrate employers, but fuck them.
- *people get frustrated you arent online all the time sometimes, but fuck them.
- *can't be consistently reached over smartphone messaging services like instagram, whatsapp, signal, etc.
- *more friction with accessing smartphone specific social networks whatsoever (apps that require a qr code scan or an app), like signal, whatsapp, telegram, etc. you can work around it with an android vm but its annoying.
- *more friction with file transferring. its not as easy to say, take a photo and send it on discord, as it is with a smartphone - you have the intermediate step of transferring files from your dumb phone to your computer.
- *can't read digital books, epubs, etc
- *forces you to be alone with your thoughts in a way thats not as possible with a smartphone. playing music over the mp3 player on your phone isnt as distracting as scrolling reels or jerking off, so i've had some bad nights. but, i've had much worse nights with a smartphone overall.
- *hard to send long texts on the go. gotta sit down and lock in.
- microphone, camera, speaker quality are probably all gonna be not great.
- usually proprietary software which can be a security/privacy concern but, also, just dont do sketchy shit on it dude its a phone.
(* = also a gain in my opinion)
you will get quite a bit of added friction into your life but that's kind of the whole point. you don't actually lose out on anything in particular. after about a year of being no smart phone, i can say it's been only positive.
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