{"id":243176,"date":"2020-06-10T04:30:19","date_gmt":"2020-06-10T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=243176"},"modified":"2020-06-10T05:04:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-10T12:04:53","slug":"the-best-phone-is-no-phone-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/10\/the-best-phone-is-no-phone-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Phone is No Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In praise of not having a phone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

How we get suckered <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I honestly think the biggest reason we are so chained to our phones is fear. Fear of something bad happening, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tools of mass distraction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Tools of power?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Certainly you become more demi-godlike<\/a> with a phone. To me it is still so incredible what we can do with phones. Yet, it seems to me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Owning a phone (smartphone) is a net-negative to the individual, creator, innovator, artist, and thinker. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Why is this? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Too much focus on the phone-device (the tool in itself), rather than the individual. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

How I understand Steve Jobs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Steve Jobs<\/a> was a genius; no question. I am a huuuuge admirer of him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yet the problem about Steve:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He saw the device as an end-in-itself, not the individual. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

If we consider the marketing of Apple and Steve Jobs’ vision it was this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All focus on the device, not the user. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

The original Apple ads (far better than the soft ones of today) were good. Cold, hard, austere. But 100% focus on the magical device which was supposed to be like a rod of Hermes, or the ideal Midas tool. The iPhone promises us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will make you sexier, more productive, more respected. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Consider now, the practical flex people do is based on their devices. The newest iPhone as a status-symbol of how rich, intelligent, or high class you are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In praise of iPad and MacBook Air Laptop<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re an artist and creator, I would encourage more towards iPad and MacBook Air. For camera, RICOH GR III<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The killer app for iPad is Procreate. MacBook Air is the best in terms of lightness<\/a> and thinness. Typically the lighter your device and tool, the more you will use it, and the more art you will make. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Society is getting hijacked by the nerds<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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No more epic visionaries at Apple. Steve Jobs is dead, and Jony Ive peaced out. Without having a creative tyrant or leader, I predict that Apple will slowly decline and lose her creative dominance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How about Google?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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I am quite anti-Pixel<\/a> phone. Why? Very sneaky designing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Essentially this is the strategy:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will create a great device that the user will always want to use, and slowly and surely … we will collect more personalized information on a user, in order to deliver them more accurate ads. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Now, this ain’t evil. It is just distracting. And to me, I don’t believe in ‘evil’. I believe in distraction<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And no, we are not being distracted for the sake of being distracted. No; just follow the money<\/a> — it is more about making more money via advertising. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google is not ‘spying’ on you. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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‘spek-<\/a>‘ means to ‘look’ in Proto Indo European. To spy is to look. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Technically, Google isn’t “spying” on you. No, Google is simply logging your internet search behavior and click-behavior, and creating a certain archetype of you (anonymous). Then it strives to be the middle-man or the match-maker between you and advertiser. The goal ain’t to control you … the goal is simply to get you to click on more advertisements and buy more stuff via the internet<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What does Apple want?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Apple wants you to buy new iPhones and devices for the rest of your life, and for you to buy more apps and subscriptions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, truth be told… better to be addicted to Apple or Amazon than Google. To me, advertising is more distracting for my brain than products. It is a bit more transparent and less sneaky. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Google ain’t evil; Google is just a bit sneaky about her intentions<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what is we to do?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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