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No I’m not living in some Luddite bubble. I am sure you’re also surprised that I’m not running Linux and using KDE Connect.

Again, look at the statistics..

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I was ready to agree with you, as that was my belief. (I also agree it's a sign of a dangerous addition, but just like everyone in the 60s smoked, everyone today use phones)

Then I cam across this, showing about even split between laptop and phone

https://tgmstatbox.com/stats/united-kingdom-device-usage-bre...

I'd assumed it was more like 80% phone

The statistics suggest that being perpetually glued to a phone is negative for your life across essentially every dimension.

Yes I’m sure that using my phone for things that in the before times I would have used a desktop computer to do over a 2400 baud modem is a negative for my life. Those negatives are around social media

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