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4 hours agoThe smartphone has effectively turned into a leash.
The smartphone has effectively turned into a leash.
I absolutely do not trust that an “off” phone is actually off, unless the battery is removed (assuming it can be).
Additionally: Trump supporters may fuel violent post-election protests in US if the election results don’t go the way they want. When have we seem this before?
So a repression?
See also: automobiles. Automobiles and smartphones certainly have strong cases for how utilitarian they are. They are both genuinely very useful.
But the expectation that everyone has one, along with them becoming practically a requirement for most people, has turned them into a dependency and a means of control. Some people can manage to forgo them, but you almost have to build your life around doing so.