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The world is getting to a point where the only way you’re going to be able to do business or any type of transaction is through a smart phone. If you don’t have a smart phone, it’s gonna be very difficult for you to function in the world at some point.

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I have not experienced this. I bought my first smart phone last year and I literally just use it for voice and text. Could this be a big city thing? I saw someone mention paying for parking lots but they are all free in the town not far from me. There's no public transit here.

I'm very likely going back to a flip phone, probably something like a CAT unless there is a tougher one that works on T-Mobile.

This is good argument to get a dumbphone and be a thorn in the side of techno-capitalists' vision of "progress." It's all about measuring metrics and tracking consumers in the pursuit of squeezing a few more dollars out of us

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