More And More People Are Opting For 'Dumb Phones' — Or Getting Rid Of Them Altogether

More And More People Are Opting For 'Dumb Phones' — Or Getting Rid Of Them Altogether

More And More People Are Opting For 'Dumb Phones' — Or Getting Rid Of Them Altogether “I hate my phone.”  That’s how comedian Eddy Burback began a 46-minute YouTube video that would go on to accrue more than 4.3 million views. “I am constantly using my phone to see things that I don’t want to see,” Burback, 28, continued. “Like a lot of people my age, my smartphone has attached itself to nearly every aspect of my daily life, and it’s really starting to make me feel like it’s having a negative effect on me.” So he got rid of it.  For 30 days, Burback kept his iPhone and Apple Watch in a locked safe. He invested in a corded landline with an answering machine, wrote down bus routes with a pen and paper, exclusively used a computer during work hours, and swapped out Instagram doomscrolling for paperback books.  Burback’s experience wasn’t seamless by any means — or easily replicable. His answering machine was filled with loving messages from friends and family, but it was also constantl…