Tell your friend what good company he is in, as one of many, many of
us, who do not fit a fleeting mythical stereotype. There are hundreds
of reasons why people can not or will not use smartphones. Eyesight.
Dexterity. Poverty. Location tracking by hostiles. Privacy. Poor
memory. Security needs. Environmental concerns...
We should not play the victims. Being without one of those cursed
things is a blessing. We get good mental health. We get focus and
calm. We get a profound sense of freedom, time to think, to create, to
talk to real people, to see the world go by. We learn to enjoy being
bored. We interact with other real people. We willingly pay more for
freedom and privacy.
What we lose is being tied up in pointless abusive machinations of an
already dying "online" culture, one that is over-extended, fragile,
dysfunctional, and we dodge much of the abusive enshitified corporate
hell that every living being now hates.
Please, big-up your friend instead of painting him as a victim.
We should not play the victims. Being without one of those cursed things is a blessing. We get good mental health. We get focus and calm. We get a profound sense of freedom, time to think, to create, to talk to real people, to see the world go by. We learn to enjoy being bored. We interact with other real people. We willingly pay more for freedom and privacy.
What we lose is being tied up in pointless abusive machinations of an already dying "online" culture, one that is over-extended, fragile, dysfunctional, and we dodge much of the abusive enshitified corporate hell that every living being now hates.
Please, big-up your friend instead of painting him as a victim.