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-<!-- Title: No smartphone!-->
-
-### Why I absolutely hate smartphones.
-
-For the past few years, the question that I have been asked the most
-is that "why don't you use a smartphone", but I've never really 
-answered any of those questions, even though, 
-I do have different reasons not to use one.
-
-The main point is that if you ever use any sort of properly
-designed "normal" operating systems and hardware you can't really 
-go back and use garbage computer operating systems or phones
-without getting disgusted. 
-With smartphones, it is even worse than toy-like computer OSes like windows
-or mac, because with those systems you at least get some sort of 
-proper hardware components like a keyboard, 
-a monitor with "normal" screen ratio and so on.
-But with phones, not only you get an operating system that is no better than 
-trash, but also some very cringe way to interact with the hardware. 
-(Yes, I am talking about sensor screens.)
-
-Now, let's talk about why
-
-- Operating systems
-- Package Management
-- User space applications
-- Hardware
-- Privacy and Security
-Absolutely suck on "smart" phones.
-
-### Operating Systems
-There are 2 main OSes for phones: iOS and Android, there are also some not widely used ones 
-like legacy Windows Phone and even some open-source ones, though here, I shall only talk about the
-first 2 that I have mentioned, but that should also be somewhat relevant 
-to almost all the other phone OSes as well.
-
-**Android Sucks**! because, you can't even perform the most basic
-computer functionalities 
-like compiling very simple software, writing scripts, and so on, you don't even have
-the root access to the phone you "own", but the company that sold you that has full 
-access to the phone over the internet, that is basically like slavery with extra steps, lol.
-Some people might say "Well, that is not a computer
-you are not supposed to compile programs and write scripts!" I don't buy that argument
-because, in reality, computers and phones are indeed the same thing, the way that they
-function is the same, the way they connect with other computers is the same,
-they use the same technologies to function (in fact, Android uses the Linux kernel).
-The difference between properly written computer OSes and android is that 
-computer OSes care about the users while phones are trying to keep you under control.
-It is also worth mentioning that I am not talking about the pure open source Android
-project, I am talking about Android, on which companies put a load of garbage to make 
-it more "beneficial" for the company.  
-
-With iPhones, it's the same thing except it is even worse, 
-it should be obvious why, apple! the single worst company 
-that has ever existed, Apple is trying so hard to keep you 
-inside of its garbage-like "ecosystem" by making it very hard 
-and even sometimes impossible to connect with hardware/software
-other than Apple's, and all these ***morons*** will be like 
-> "BuT, DuuuuuDe, APpLE DeVIces WeRk WItH oTher AppLE DeViCes sO SMoOthLy" 
-Yeah, by making it impossible to work with basically everything else
-and you have to have apple garbage all around you.
-
-### Package Management
-Android and iOS do have some sort of package management,
-on Android, it's Play store (But you can also install packages using .apk format)
-on iOS, you have app store.  
-Google owns Play Store, and you have to have a google account to be able to use 
-Play Store (which on Android you basically also have to), on iOS, Apple owns
-app store.   
-That might not seem like a huge deal, but it is. It basically means Google and Apple
-have all the control of the programs uploaded to Play Store and app store respectively,
-meaning that Google and Apple can block and even change the source code of some programs,
-inject absolutely anything inside them.  
-Those companies need profit no matter what, meaning they would do anything to 
-get profit, even unethical stuff, and you are the one who let them do that to you.
-
-### User Space applications
-By user space applications, I mean just the programs that people
-install on smartphones. Frankly speaking, those programs are
-just for normies who don't understand 
-technology and advances users are completely ignored. Phone programs
-are graphical, thus they use more ram and cpu and most of the time they are
-full of advertisements (Xiaomi Phones even have ads in the system's gallery).
-They are not privacy-respecting, bloated, and kind of useless. 
-There is one program, however, that is worth talking about separately, and that is 
-"WhatsApp". It is the most widely used messaging application, though it has absolutely
-nothing extraordinary and some stuff that is even worse than an average messaging program.
-Here are some bad stuff about it:
-
-- WhatsApp is not private, **at all**!
-- You have to have a smartphone and a phone number.
-
-Imagine a piece of software requires you to have a phone to be able to use it,
-that is basically like saying that a $400  device is a dependency of that program,
-this is absolutely *nuts*. I find it quite absurd
-that people don't find it absurd. 
-> If a program as simple as a messaging app requires you to have
-> a cell phone, you shouldn't even be using that,
-> no matter how many people around you use it!
-
-### Hardware
-Hardware of cellphones absolutely suck they are designed to be broken so easily you can
-break them by accident, that is, of course, 
-to sell more of them, they are nothing like old classic solid Nokia phones 
-with buttons and stuff, instead you have only a screen and you touch on it 
-which is very very cringe.  
-I just want buttons to press, not touchscreens to touch.  
-Another thing is that you can't upgrade your RAM or your storage and you're supposed to use overpriced
-services like iCloud or Google Drive.
-
-### Privacy and security
-Privacy just doesn't exist on smartphones; that is just a matter of fact.
-If you use an iPhone, all your photos are sent to Apple servers and can be hacked 
-(though not quite probable) since, they are not stored only on your local system
-which makes it less secure as well,
-On Android, people use Google Photos, which is basically as bad as iPhones.
-
-### Health
-Phones are also bad for your health, I can't
-tell you the specifics since I am not a doctor.
-But it is common knowledge that phones are bad for you.
-
-### Good stuff about phones
-The only good thing about a phone is its camera. 
-though many people take too many useless pictures
-resulting in a mess of data. Nonetheless, cameras are very useful
-but it is not worth it to use a smartphone just because of that.
-
-### Summing it up
-Smartphones are useless pieces of garbage that are overpriced, not privacy respecting and 
-meant for normies who don't understand how technology
-works, or at least how it should work, ***no offense***.
-Even if you must use a smartphone, that doesn't change the fact that they are 
-bad for you.