Typically, after my husband orders the car, he texts me a screenshot with the license plate and wait time. This time, though, the picture didn’t come through. I sent a throwaway text to see if I could prod the message out. Still nothing. Sheepishly, I called my husband back. It was after 10 p.m. The man just wanted to go to bed.
I anticipated that not having a smartphone would make me more reliant on other people — perhaps without Google Maps on hand, I’d have to ask an actual human for directions.
I don’t think any of this means smartphone-free living is untenable. On the contrary, perhaps the only way for us to recreate a society in which we don’t have to be tethered to these brain-rotting devices is for someone to take up the mantle of being a pain in the butt.
Fuck, I hope my smartphone doesn't go down. Otherwise I'd have to act like a human! 
I would like to get rid of the anxiety rectangle in my pocket but my friends are on there, sadly
They are also on your computer which is harder to scroll mindlessly at a bus stop
Well they are but I already told them I've quit discord and there is no other realistic way to contact them on the computer.
WhatsApp has a web interface, so does Element (Matrix) if you use that. I think Signal too. Not disagreeing that it’s inconvenient, I don’t do this myself.
You need WhatsApp and Signal on your phone to use it on desktop.
None of my in person friends are on Matrix and I can't say I blame them.
I guess I could go back to android tablet + dumb phone.
But what if the chat is blowing up? I gotta get in there quickly