Welcome, my friends, to dumbphone summer.I've been a smartphone user since 2009-ish, when I traded in my flip phone for a T-Mobile G1. Since then, I've been on Android and iOS devices, before eventually landing on GrapheneOS for the better part of the last three years. GrapheneOS has proven a worthy tool in helping me pare down distractions from my modern mobile life.But still, I cannot shake the call of the dumbphone.I have almost everything turned off from my smartphone. I don't have apps beyond a task list, a music player, e-mail, and Signal. I even disabled my web browser. It's been pretty glorious... most of the time.I still have a task list yelling at me when I'm overdue on a server update. I still have email newsletters, which I find myself mindlessly scrolling through during downtime. And Signal still follows me around 24/7: the temptation to drop a photo in the group chat instead of enjoying the moment in real life is still very, very high. And all of that distraction is…
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