Readers report divergent personal relationships with connectivity
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Commenters describe starkly different experiences: some say they've loved internet access since the 1990s and find constant discovery; others admit they hate being on phones but cannot stop; one notes a contradiction—saying those who love connection keep phones close, while actually hating phones yet unable to stop.
“I've read so many posts like these on hn, but I just don't relate to them. I have loved internet access since my first dial in to a BBS in the 90s. I've been cruising the information superhighway at top speed every day since.”
cainxinthMat Duggan Author, essayist
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Like all addictions it's about habits and you compete with multiple trillion-dollar companies to shape your habits for you. Luckily, you are closer to where decisions are actually being made.So the measures, in no particular order, but vaguely resemblign an escalation ladder:1. Get a shittier phone. Something worth 100 eurobucks from aliexpress…
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The author loved technology when it worked for him, now he toils in its service. Previously, it was additive, only giving and not taking; now it narrows options to only one: the app.Obviously, we shouldn't let this happen. Keep paper tickets, physical menus, cash, etc. These things are human, made by and for humans. They make sense across the…
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If my phone demanded my attention as much as it seems the author's does with notifications, I'd probably not keep it with me either. I also feel tired of it, but it's difficult to remove access to the number of beneficial things I get from it. I try to limit non-FOSS apps and modify most of those to suit my purposes better, though that often feels…
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I’ve read so many posts like these on hn, but I just don’t relate to them. I have loved internet access since my first dial in to a BBS in the 90s. I’ve been cruising the information superhighway at top speed every day since. There is always something new to discover.
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