had an insight into what I'm aiming for in terms of my relationship with technology
I call it living an "analog life"
it doesn't literally mean that the tech I use has to be analog
it means that I'm trying to return to as much of a pre-smartphone existence as possible
more thoughts on this later, but I'm curious how anyone else has tried for this in their own life?
@mimsical I want to rid myself of a smart phone as well, but currently there are a few things holding me back:
* I want to be able to message "sorry, I'm 15min late" and please no SMS, Signal is the way to go.
* Navigation
* Music streaming
* Payments
IMHO a standalone eSIM smart watch could very much suit these use cases, if it can do speech recognition & speech output. Unfortunately there's no product really fitting that bill.
There are of course other features I'd like to see such as
* 2FA codes
* Environment warning
* Fitness tracker
Non-goals are anything I actually need to interact with a lot, social media, mails, larger chats, …
@mimsical Yep, much better for mental health probably :'-)
My skirts tend to not have pockets and it's also a hassle with sports so I'd still prefer a wearable solution. A small feature phone would also be okay – but they tend not to support Signal or similar :/
Christopher Mims
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