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.