The following product got my attention because I could reinstate a ‘landline’ in my house but use a sim card instead. This desktop phone runs Android so it could also run WhatsApp and Signal etc., literally putting apps on a leash.
What’s stopping me is that I often use WhatsApp while travelling abroad, because then I circumvent expensive call rates. WhatsApp is one of the culprits forcing me to smartphone life.
Looks nice. I would install a looooooong cable… then I could put it on my lap to play with it…
And now seriously….
I have now a dumbphone with WhatsApp… ( I ditched my smartphone ) my next step is to slowly let go of WhatsApp.
If I want to connect with people, I will text them, or just give them a call.
My main use for WhatsApp are all the ‘parents groups’. There is one such group for each class and also for each hobby. Last-minute or urgent communications are only done through WhatsApp. Class cancelled? Class finishes earlier? Better check your WhatsApp to know!
Of course… it is whatsapp is used almost everywhere. And unfortunally also in schools.
There are schools in the Netherlands where you have to have a smartphone ( School App ) because "every child has a smartphone nowadays ".
But people seem to forget, that they cán take a stand about it. They have a choice! But they don`t do it because it is convenient.
And that is the whole culprit these days…everything is convenient, so why bother?1?
( the reason why we are sinking down in this technological rabbithole, and people even don`t see it…until it is to late… )
That is why i made this choice, and not just follw blindly. ( it is not an act off protest, but just seeing where all this is going, and choose not to participate in it )