Open tennis tournament, I jumped at the chance to peek into this elite event. Accessing virtual medical care for him would have required a smartphone app.įun also often requires a smartphone. My father never used a computer and considered me a wizard because I could retrieve information online. It’s already a challenge to use the BART public transit system in San Francisco since it eliminated paper schedules showing every train line’s timetables, bestowing upon the app-less the pleasure of downloading 10 PDFs. I’m bracing for when I can no longer access email or board a plane without a smartphone.
#NEVER HAVE I EVER DIRTY ONLINE CODE#
My exclusion zone has since widened and now includes restaurants that accept reservations only via apps or that have menus accessible via the dreaded QR code and healthcare businesses that use HIPAA-compliant apps for scheduling and communications. With a computer and Wi-Fi, I use the internet for email, news and research Zoom for remote teaching, meetings and medical appointments YouTube for music’s balm. I correct their misconceptions that I avoid technology. When people discover I don’t have a smartphone, they expect me to give them a sermon on technology’s ills or they congratulate me for going off the grid. In 2006, I bought my first cellphone, a prepaid Nokia brick phone, to coordinate my father’s cancer treatment while away from home, and finally committed to a monthly plan 11 years later, in 2017. My boyfriend’s family lived nearby and I could use theirs when I needed one. I had no computer throughout college nor any phone - not even a landline - in my early 20s. I’ve never had a smartphone or used social media, and I’m in my 40s, so when I see young people like 17-year-old Logan Lane and those in her “ Luddite Club” take a stand and pause the technology that’s been in their lives since birth I am in awe.
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