I used a flip phone until I was 17 or 18 and I wish I could still use one.
There's definitely benefits to having a smart phone (I can take pictures, edit pictures, take videos, edit videos, write on my Google docs, download near infinite pictures of Tyler Joseph as drawing references, write in Samsung notes and communicate with my friends in four different ways) but its also a cursed object and a waste of time and DONT EVEN get me started on the ai push and planned obseletion and all the other junk yknow
I want the ability to live my life without a smartphone and function in society, if I so choose.
I want other people to be able to live their lives and function in society.
Whether they're under 13, 90, or anywhere in between.
I feel like some things do change for the better with the advent of new technology, but at a point convenience cannot advance any further without you also sacrificing your autonomy and privacy and heck, analog enjoyment.
Like, yeah, it sure would be convenient to have all my cards, books, movies, ect. on my phone.
But maybe I don't want Google knowing my every move and using it to shove ads down my throat. Maybe I like having disorganized mildly dusty movies on my shelf. Maybe I like having to sort through a dozen iterations of 'recording3XemnastalkstoSaix.wav' to find my actual music files. Maybe I like having a wallet with cards and cash. Even though it's 'inconvenient.' It's part of life, or something, yknow.