Because it's my right to live in a society that doesn't force me to own a tracking device just to be able to do anything.
The "burden" you talk about is not real. It's just people's attention spans getting shorter and shorter, and as that is normalized, they stop thinking of it as a problem. The burden is in fact on me, a I have to deal with a bunch of dopamine addicts who have lost their ability to reason on the subject.
I call people all the time. They love it! They realize they honestly have forgotten what it's like to be in connection with a human voice when we communicate. Most people around me will admit they hate their smartphones. Somehow I am the only one who has figured out how to exist without one.
I mean really. "Go the extra mile." That's what we call taking 5 seconds to send a text or a phone call now.
Hmm maybe in your experience. I don't know anyone who can't or wont use sms instead of an online messenger. The consistent complaint is that they can't get ahold of me as fast as they used to, because I'm not glued to my phone anymore.
Also, I find it kind of interesting that you equate "owning a smartphone," with "participating in society." I participate in society just fine without a smartphone, and in fact most people are very impressed that I ditched the smartphone and say they wish they could do the same, but of course, "they can't."
Voice calls aren't good enough for people anymore. SMS "doesn't cut it." These are just excuses. Unless you can't afford a phone plan, and rely on your smartphone for its wi-fi capabilities, i would say it is fact YOU, the smartphone owner, who are demanding unreasonable things of me, the dumbphone owner.
this is kind of silly. there's absolutely no comparison between being completely self-sufficient and using a phone that can't access the internet. the oversized reactions to these stories always remind me of the mindset of addicted people. and for full disclosure I've had a dumb phone for over a year. I had no way miss my smartphone it was a total curse on my life.
I remember while I was in Nepal, reading a story in the newspaper about how the Prime Minister was caught sneaking off to China for $100 bottles of spring water that was supposed to cure his cancer. This in a country where there is no safe drinking water from taps, even in the capital! And the kicker? The PM was from the communist party!
"You have no moral basis from which to criticize me, you only have personal preferences, and there is no god of liberal humanism that will punish me in a way that I cannot escape if I fail to comply. "