Smartphone Ascendancy
#1
Most of us here likely remember a time before smartphones became culturally dominant and were not tightly integrated into the general populace's lives. My first phone, the HTC Dream looked like this, which was when smartphones were still in their early stages of development.

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Aside from more obvious things like their users becoming too absorbed into their phones and staring at them for half the day, there are noticeable patterns in behaviour such as being able to start recording video at a moment's notice and post them online, occasionally to try to get the internet to "cancel" someone or to otherwise record someone's actions with an ulterior motive in mind. Another observation is the increasing reliance on them being presented as overtly innocuous, but this comes with gathering personal data on its users, as well as the growing dependency on them that can make situations more difficult in their absence. 



I've seen it posited that cars are "must-haves" in some places, while I would argue that mobile phones, and with the growth of mobile apps, smartphones specifically, are now about as close to a must-have there is in Western society. Work schedules are posted there, employees are sometimes expected to communicated on the go. Apps may be required for things such as travel, like Canada's ArriveCAN app which was implemented during the height of COVID and remains in place today, and also ridesharing services such as Uber or Lyft for those who may not have the means for other forms of transportations. There are many other examples of the functionality of the smartphone being integrated into society.



We can turn them off at will, but we often have reason to turn them back on. Unless it's made obsolete by another device, it looks as if it their influence and dependency on them will grow for most. The "everyone will be microchipped in the future" meme is pointless if people rely on their not-microchips for everything.
#2
Quote:I've seen it posited that cars are "must-haves" in some places, while I would argue that mobile phones, and with the growth of mobile apps, smartphones specifically, are now about as close to a must-have there is in Western society. Work schedules are posted there, employees are sometimes expected to communicated on the go. Apps may be required for things such as travel, like Canada's ArriveCAN app which was implemented during the height of COVID and remains in place today, and also ridesharing services such as Uber or Lyft for those who may not have the means for other forms of transportations. There are many other examples of the functionality of the smartphone being integrated into society.
Incredibly true. I got my first (and so far only) smartphone when I was a freshman in high school. I basically hadn't ever asked for one prior to that but suddenly found myself needing it as it was the expectation from teachers. They found it far more effective to publish things online or use online services rather than do things the "old-fashioned" way, and essentially assumed that everyone had them already.

It's almost a universal upgrade over previous cellphone models and as such there's not much of a reason to pursue earlier technology except for very niche markets, so I think the transition happened for personal reasons at first and became widely available afterwards.

As for the professional context, I believe it's just an expansion on what was made possible with earlier cell phones and due to its ubiquity. A rational capitalist has to increase productivity not only for the sake of his operating capacity in absolute terms but also relative to competitors. Not having a smartphone is akin to not moving on from steam locomotives, in that regard.
#3
(07-28-2022, 01:51 PM)Youkai Wrote: I've seen it posited that cars are "must-haves" in some places, while I would argue that mobile phones, and with the growth of mobile apps, smartphones specifically, are now about as close to a must-have there is in Western society. Work schedules are posted there, employees are sometimes expected to communicated on the go. Apps may be required for things such as travel, like Canada's ArriveCAN app which was implemented during the height of COVID and remains in place today, and also ridesharing services such as Uber or Lyft for those who may not have the means for other forms of transportations. There are many other examples of the functionality of the smartphone being integrated into society.
I would definitely agree with the statement that smartphones are probably the #1 Must Have device in the West right now. Moreso than cars, which probably only hold that status in the suburbs and rural areas of the country. The sad fact of being a salary-cuck, something that not even a wagie really has to suffer through, is always being on call now. A good employer won't abuse this too much, but at any time on the weekend or after hours on a weekday, I've seen friends (usually tech workers) get calls or emails from their boss saying something got messed up and they have to try and fix the issue right now. As much as some have extolled workers being freed form their officespaces during covid times (rise of WFH), I fear that in the end this will only exacerbate this idea of never really being off the clock. You always have to be available. Beyond work, I think China is a good representation of what might become commonplace in the West in just a decade or two: Apps will become the normal way by which citizens will pay for food at restaurants, use passes for public transportation, and enter private locations (checking into for an appointment by scanning your phone, for instance).

Quote:There are noticeable patterns in behaviour such as being able to start recording video at a moment's notice and post them online, occasionally to try to get the internet to "cancel" someone or to otherwise record someone's actions with an ulterior motive in mind.
Whenever people see something slightly weird or out of the ordinary now, the immediate reaction is to pull of their phone so they can shill whatever they're seeing on instagram, facebook, snapchat, etc. Niggers are prone to this behavior more than anyone else it seems, and it's not uncommon to just see them walking around the street doing nothing while video chatting. I think people have always had some natural tendency to want to share things, this is of course why social media blew up in the way it did, and Smartphones have just given people even more freedom to share everything all the time. The ease with which people can broadcast personal information or things from their daily lives has had serious political consequences and led to the largest riots in US history.
#4
(09-06-2022, 09:41 PM)Leverkühn Wrote: Whenever people see something slightly weird or out of the ordinary now, the immediate reaction is to pull of their phone so they can shill whatever they're seeing on instagram, facebook, snapchat, etc. Niggers are prone to this behavior more than anyone else it seems, and it's not uncommon to just see them walking around the street doing nothing while video chatting.
in high school we had this black guy from the ghetto come in to give a motivational speech, of which i remember nothing except for a one-off factoid: he said the magnitude of the bystander effect had increased since he was a kid. he blamed this on the ubiquity of camera-phones. when you record a crime on your phone, you feel you're "doing your part" to help the victim, albeit taking the position of an evidence-gatherer rather than an active interceptor; and people around you who would otherwise be inclined to stop in are discouraged by the "social cooling" effect of potential humiliation on camera.

the bystander effect, like most coordination problems, worsens as more and more people get involved. when each bystander has a device that allows them to reach hundreds or thousands, with the number roughly corresponding to the gravity of the situation, it's like a perfect recipe for inaction-maxxing.
#5
People who use smartphones barely understand the technology they are using. It’s kind of mind-wrecking to have to explain file system hierarchy to a zoomer who is used to just going to the recent section and then having them pour through thousands of photos to find a meme. Despite almost all phones running on some variation of a *nix operating system if you were to quiz the average smartphone user on this they would not be able to correctly identify the core of their iDildos operation. Trying to work through and identify common tools available in these very obviously simplified computers is also difficult for the average user. We have timers for the in phone camera and a multitude of very powerful editing tools built in and the average user will never come close to touching them.

Fact is that we have computers (insanely powerful computers at that) at our fingertips now and less people actually know how to use them as any trip to the Genius Bar will show (I tripped over the bar at my last visit).
#6
(09-19-2022, 12:33 PM)MolaRam Wrote: Fact is that we have computers (insanely powerful computers at that) at our fingertips now and less people actually know how to use them as any trip to the Genius Bar will show (I tripped over the bar at my last visit).

It seems like there is a yawning gap in knowledge not just with smartphones, but with other computing-related knowledge as well. For instance, virtually everyone with access to a computer has heard of cryptocurrency now, but even many people who invest into it likely cannot give an adequate, rudimentary explanation of what it is and how it roughly functions, outside of the investment angle. There are more people who know about it than used to, but I suspect you'd find a noticeably hierarchy of sorts. Many have taken advantage of noticing this with using rugpulls, pump-dump schemes etc.

(09-07-2022, 07:05 AM)Chud Wrote: the bystander effect, like most coordination problems, worsens as more and more people get involved. when each bystander has a device that allows them to reach hundreds or thousands, with the number roughly corresponding to the gravity of the situation, it's like a perfect recipe for inaction-maxxing.

While true, there is more to it than just that. The thing is, most who do this seldom see holding up a smartphone as being a bystander in the situation of them doing so, but rather see themselves as taking action by doing so. They may possibly admit it if you press them on it outside of the scenario, but in that moment, it's doing "something". From a psychological point of view, just standing and gawking and doing nothing is different than using your hands to record something, even there is no functional difference in terms of having done anything during the time of recording (unless someone gets mad at the person for recording).

I think that is part of why is has become much more prevalent - it is easy to think of yourself as doing something meaningful compared to when not having access to a smartphone. It is an excuse for vicariousness, as there are seldom lasting consequences for filming a situation that you have no part in, compared to if you decide involve yourself. Instead of seeing themselves as bystanders, everyone can fancy themselves a citizen journalist now by uploading things to the internet with a few button presses.
#7
After making the conscious decision to not install social media apps on my current phone when I got it I read now more than ever before. Facebook + Instagram DM's can be accessed independently of their normal apps as Messenger to keep up with people (and avoid the temptation to sign on to the cesspool to check your messages).

I thought, at first, people would find it odd but it appears it's become some sort of trend under the guise of "mindfulness" and other such things. Also: I'm getting old.

Even when I go on Twitter I spend far less time there on desktop than i did scrolling on my phone. I strongly recommend that everyone download a decent eReader app and some PDF's and try getting rid of social media on mobile for a little while at least. The desire to "check" things when idle vanishes surprisingly quickly.
#8
On bystander recording critique- woke people have the same critique but apply it selectively as censorship enforcement.

"Woah there buddy are you recording a nigger gunfight?"
"Dead bodies. Drugs. Guns. Bang Bang Bang. Murder."
"I don't think you should be recording if you aren't going to #helpPeople..."
"God is watching."
#9
I like big phones
#10
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#11
There are ways of getting around it. The things you need a phone to do is basically texting, calling, music, camera and certain apps. Everything other than texting I have found viable alternatives for - calling can be redirected to mac if you have an iphone on the same network, but it seems like that is the most impractical of the solutions.

The other ones though are easy - texting can be solved with both iMessage and whatever the Google alternative to that is, music through some player, camera for camera, and most apps are easy as well: Android emulators and installing ios apps on mac are both easy enough, at least if the app wants to coorperate.



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