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New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Can we just ban smartphones in general? Please?

Go back to payphones and pagers and if you need to carry information in your pocket, PDAs where you have useful non-connected apps and download information ahead of time at home and store on the device instead of using a slow, unreliable, garbage tracking device to find what you need.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

I'm with you. I have similar relationship with connected devices as I do with cigarettes.

I don't like being threatened by the state but banning something has a bonus effect of making it look dirty.