Because this topic came up in c/technology and I was wondering.

Would this be feasible? How bad would it be to your social life?

I’m looking for these scenarios:

  1. No smartphone, but have a dumbphone and a computer

  2. No phone at all, but have a computer

  3. No smartphone, but have a dumbphone, no computer

  4. Nothing at all

  • palordrolap@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    You need to include Internet in that list. A computer doesn’t necessarily have Internet, and though it’s more common, it’s not guaranteed on a smartphone either. Landlines still also exist. Even if they’re VoIP, because voice-only Internet connections for VoIP are a thing.

    There are plenty of older folks in categories 1 and 4. And by older I mean old Gen X and Boomers (even a few Silents are still around) mostly. They manage to get by just fine. Things are not quite so far gone that Internet is 100% necessary, though more and more places are trying to force it to cut costs.

    I’m in category #1 myself, but as this comment’s existence strongly implies, I have Internet. I’d be in #2 but I need the phone occasionally for notifications and 2FA. Also if the Internet goes out, I need to be able to call someone to fix it.