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‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] -5 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I for one cheer and root for my flip phone friends.

Why are you cheering for a lack of self-control?

Smartphones are great. You just need to be smart enough to not let them use you.

It should put into perspective who is a useful idiot, and who is not.

[–] tomalley8342 3 points 7 hours ago

Perhaps his friends do not have smart phones, because they do not want smart phones.