Jan Wildeboer 😷Dec 28

You might not notice it in your peer group, when you are not their age, but my daughter showed me that many 20-30yr olds are switching to dumb phones, are cancelling their Facebook/tiktok/twitter accounts and are discovering libraries and printed books. As a conscious decision. Not all of them, but quite a lot and it's growing.

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Show threadCubeOfCheese

@jwildeboer 👋I'm one of em. I used to think I was alone in this until I started seeing articles and YouTube videos about Gen z sober Gen z dumb phones. And I was like hey wait that's me.

I have a smartphone still but with a simple android launcher and solid color background. I used to have my phone in black and white.
Mastodon is the only sm I have on my phone.
I asked for a Polaroid for Christmas.

Dec 28 at 10:06pmWeb
Show threadCubeOfCheeseDec 28
@jwildeboer one of the driving forces that hasn't been mentioned is that physical devices feel nice and fun in way that is lost with digital apps. It's more fun to take a picture with a Polaroid than the camera app on my phone. It's cooler to put on a vinyl than to use a streaming app. And the tactile experience of the vinyls and record player is just fun.
Show threadJan Wildeboer 😷Dec 28
@cubeofcheese And, according to my daughter: "nobody can count how often and for how long you played which song from which vinyl" ;)
Show threadShawn Hooper (he/him) 🇨🇦Dec 29
@cubeofcheese @jwildeboer Curious follow up - how do you choose to communicate with your friends? SMS? Group chat? Phone calls?
Show threadCubeOfCheeseDec 29
@shawnhooper @jwildeboer mostly text.
Phone calls are usually logistical, not social. Like "hey I'm here where are you"
Very few group chats that are usually very small like 3 total for a friend group