Post by @MichaelTBacon@social.coop

I resisted getting a smartphone for as long as I feasibly could. When I stopped being able to pay for parking and get through my university's 2FA system, and my old dumbphone broke and I effectively could not replace it, I finally broke down.

I do like this movement of "we have a smartphone but it's just for work" move though.

I don't think I could leave my iPhone anywhere because of that. But maybe I could stick it in my shoulder bag instead of my pocket.

What I've wanted for years is a tablet that could act as a smartphone when I wanted to Do Computer but with mobile and a dumbphone that I could actually talk on.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/may/28/dumb-flip-phone

the Guardian

So dumb it just might work: can these dumbphone evangelists convince you to dump smartphones?

As part of a growing anti-tech movement, startup dumb.co is pushing flip phones as a way for young people to find ‘social and spiritual freedom’

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Michael Bacon

@MichaelTBacon@social.coop · 1 hour ago

I should also add that I've heavily moved to this model already, except that it's since my parents gave me an Apple Watch.

It's far from the perfect solution, but since I got the version that has its own sim card, the watch really is kind of its own dumb phone. It can do basic stuff (The 2FA capacity is a godsend) and that often keeps me from puling the iPhone out of my pocket and getting sucked into something.

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