< Digital Discomfort

~starbreaker

I'm this close stripping my phone bare and not using it for anything but calls and two-factor authentication.

I don't want to use my phone as a music player any longer; I have a dedicated device for that.

I don't want to use my phone as a camera any longer; I want a dedicated device for that.

I don't want to use my phone for internet, period.

I don't want to use a computer that can't run Slackware anymore, at least not for personal computing.

And, to be honest, I'd much rather do my writing with a nice notebook and a fountain pen, at least at first.

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~mellita wrote (thread):

I have to say, I've been very tempted by the prospect of a distinct, physical music player. I've always been warded off by the cost, though. At least for the time being. As things stand, I'm increasingly obsessed with audio fidelity, so I wouldn't want to carry around anything that wouldn't play beautiful audio (which would further necessitate an expensive headset, too).

~tatterdemalion wrote (thread):

Do you carry your camera and your music player with you all the time? Those are two big blockers for a dumbphone for me. Not the only ones, but the big ones. I've settled, in the mean time, for making my phone less appealing to use:

An Inhabitant of Carcosa: Minimizing phone use (re: All a phone needs to do)

~aftergibson wrote (thread):

You're exactly where I'm at.

I listen to music on a Minidisc player, iPod for Podcasts, Digital camera for photos. Moved from a Macbook Pro to Ubuntu(though I'd love to test Nixos).

Would love to get to an internet-less phone but still progressing towards that!