The pocket computer is a useful tool, but its usefulness has been subverted with addictive distractions and psychological manipulation. Sometimes that psychological manipulation is targeted ads, but its also what you see and don't see in the normal content. The creepy constant tracking and analytics merely serve to that end.

I have a pocket computer that has been defanged of these things and yet I decided to buy a Nokia for days when I want to test exactly how free I am.

Its like I'm living in the past and the future at the same time lmao