> Smartphones are great! None of these devices will kill or replace your phone, and anyone who says otherwise is lying to you. But after so many years of using our phones, we’ve forgotten how much friction they actually contain. To do almost anything on your phone, you have to take the device out of your pocket, look at it, unlock it, open an app, wait for the app to load, tap between one and 40,000 times, switch to another app, and repeat over and over again.
I find the less I use my phone and technology, the higher quality life I have. Life seems quite nice with less data and no social media :)
Yeah, friction makes it easier to sort out what's important vs. what's not. Probably the most life-friendly device I own is my smartwatch: it's just a fancy beeper for skimming through (and not replying to) high-priority messages that make it through my strict notification controls.
Companies need to learn there's a lot of value in restraint and not acting like they're the most important thing in the world.
I find the less I use my phone and technology, the higher quality life I have. Life seems quite nice with less data and no social media :)