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This phone obsession I hate!!

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CariadAgain Mon 08-Sept-25 11:11:08

Maybe get an easy "smartphone". eg Chattie seems to be the easiest by far (I'm not able to use smartphones myself). That seems to have only what one actually wants - so I have bought one...but confess to not having tried it yet.

I don't know whether it "spies" on you - like other ones do - or no. I should think there's a reasonable chance your privacy will be respected on one like that.

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petra Mon 08-Sept-25 11:11:00

Blondiekins
At least you’re honest. By that I mean according to GN it’s only young people who are addicted to their phones.

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Mt61 Mon 08-Sept-25 11:05:53

I am the same. No social media, WhatsApp groups, or FB.

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Babs03 Mon 08-Sept-25 10:49:23

I don’t do Facebook or other social media, GN is as far as it goes, and I have a WhatsApp thread for family.
Would be brutal and come off social media and try to stay off.

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shysal Mon 08-Sept-25 10:46:30

I have a smart phone but am not in the least bit interested in social media. I do calls, texts, WhatsApp, weather and emails. I use my laptop for GN, the reading of which can be a terrible time waster without all the other sites. I carry the phone with me at all times but most of the time it stays in my pocket! Call me old fashioned but I am happy that way!

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Blondiekins Mon 08-Sept-25 09:43:51

Every morning I wake up and switch on my phone. Firstly I go to my whattsapp messages then emails then perhaps the news or the weather all thats fine but then I click on Facebook. Half an hour or more later Im so annoyed at myself for the time Ive just wasted watching reels and being sucked in by click bait articles and Ai generated stuff. I HATE it! Facebook was great when all you saw was your friends and could share photos etc but its not the same now is it. I probably speak for most of us that we have become addicted to this hand held device in our lives. But for the forums I follow Id gladly delete Facebook on my phone. Trouble is the forums I follow are diet and drug tapering advice ones so very important to me. I know there are ways to stop getting things but you have to click not interested in each individual topic which takes the time I dont want to spend but then annoyingly something else just turns up in its place. What can we do? I feel trapped and not IT literate enough to stop the cycle. Facebook of course is great for forums & advice so I dont want to delete it. That said my phone via goggle is also great for answering questions but Im starting to HATE my phone because its listening all the time and it seems like theres no escape. Can anyone relate.

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