"the school gave everyone on campus – including staff – a Light Phone ... a “dumb” phone with limited functionality"
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/jan/17/cellphone-smartphone-bans-schools
@lupyuen Texas Instruments needs a market for $200 calculators.
@lupyuen Some of the people commenting who were not involved in the experiment don't seem to appreciate how hard it is to make a decision to curb your use of a smartphone individually. It's not about personal responsibility when we are collectively coercing each other to have these things through network effects, expectations, and marketing. Also, it's difficult to use something safely that isn't designed with safety in mind and whose function and behavior can change with a software update. :/
I once got smacked hard in front of the whole class by the PE teacher for sneaking in a dumb phone during the exam hour. No intention of cheating or anything, just my mother brainwashing the already innocent good boy me to carry one as a buffer for "emergency"