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Honestly, out of all the human activities that are being lost by the overextension of smartphones in all the corners of our lives, typewriters are not the ones I'll miss.

I know a lot of people like their feel (I do as well), but it must have been distracting as hell to be in an office with all that background noise. I agree with C. S. Lewis as well that writing on something that makes noise disturbs your natural writing rhythm.

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Typewriters are terrible. I had one as a kid and I don't miss them at all. Sure they are better than handwriting, but I'll never trade even a simple editor like Notepad for a typewriter... And I say that as someone who does plenty of fiction and nonfiction writing.

This said, I see the tiny niche like the funeral homes mentioned in the article. I'd still prefer a printer, but if your job is filling out government forms printed elsewhere, I can see the cost savings.

I got into a typewriting phase and it is something neat to use for making an impression on the recipient of a letter, for example, but nothing beats computers.

Another downside of RTO.

Rostered Time Off? Rent To Own? (Sorry, not being a nob, just not sure of the abbreviation!)

Return to Office, probably.

Oh yeah, that makes sense, thanks!

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