So in this video I want to talk about a question that I get a whole lot and that is about cell phones Specifically, you know since I do a bunch of technology stuff on the channel a lot of people will ask me What kind of cell phone to use what kind of apps to use what kind of whatever to use and if you've been around a long time You probably know that I'm very much against cell phones and Nearly all of their uses now of course I own a cell phone In fact, I'm recording this on a cell phone right now cell phones come with very good You know very good resolution very good, you know mega pixels many mega pixels So it's not as if I avoid the Devices categorically But let's just say the only reason I have a cell phone is because I'm still on a family plan It's still the one thing I still have that I'm leaching off my parents on so I'm not gonna neglect that So anyway, why do I not like cell phones? Why am I not a big fan of them? So when you really think of it cell phones are actually sort of crazy because They are computers. They're arguably one of the most personal kind of computers that you have and You know you put all of you might have all your emails on them you might have your log-ons to a bunch of different websites You might have a lot of other things on your cell phone and it's arguably it has the most sensitive most personal information But at the same time it's a computer that you really have the least amount of control over I mean in fact most people don't even have root access to their phone You can't really even uninstall applications if you really want to like when you get an Android phone And it has Google Chrome and it has Google Play and Google all this stuff that no one really uses or if they do use They should probably be using something else You know all these applications that data mind you Deviolate your privacy and very you know diffuse ways You don't really have the authority to get rid of them off your phone or really tell them what to do or what not to do Now of course there are options on the phone to disable Applications who knows what that actually means of course. It's obvious that You're not actually uninstalling these applications just because you don't have to re-download them or anything like that So they're still there. It's not really sure what Disabling actually is but you know your cell phone is a device that is incredibly personal to you But you don't have the basic rights that you would have on a computer I mean it's like it might be like when you were a kid And your dad might have let you use his computer, but he didn't give you administrative access to Now that's understandable for kids because they're going to mess things up and it's not really their computer But when it's a cell phone it's sort of weird because You know you like to think that that cell phone is yours But in reality you don't really have permission to change it Google does Or you know apple or whatever company you have your phone with or potentially if you have AT&T or T-Mobile apps or something like that They have that authority to run route access on your phone But you don't really have that in fact if you have if you have a rooted phone First off, I think that voids your warranty in a lot of cases But if you have a rooted phone that's like something that weird hackers do and it's harder and harder to do I mean if you have rooted your phone you've basically had to go to Some obscure website that some Pajiton YouTube directed YouTube and you ran some clandestine app that like you know Could have potentially ruined your phone and that's really how you end up getting route access So it's not it's a it's a weird It's just sort of a shame that this is how it is you know It's again, it's a phone that is most personal to you, but you have no control over now that said a lot of people Aside from that even if you did have a totally free software phone which can be done if you pick the like model Specifically even if you have a phone that has applications that respect your freedom don't violate privacy I still am very much against cell phones Now first off It's very easy to monitor cell phones even if they're totally free They're still in some kind of cellular network, but even aside from that I don't really think that cell phones are Useful And now I know that there are a lot of things in your life that you do with a cell phone And you like to think that they're very useful But when you really take them away you'll realize that you don't actually lose that much at all It's really the You know people will have get all their daily updates They'll have their little reddit apps, they'll have their Tinder, they'll have all all these Applications that they've built their life around You know and having them at their fingertips makes makes them feel like it's something that's not replaceable But when you go without a phone which I've done many times There's all you you feel a lot more free you feel a lot more mentally free and stuff like that now I can understand if you need to have a business phone But you could just have it as a business phone you don't actually have to have Some kind of you know some device that you have on yourself all the time and you use it for personal purposes That's what I'm trying to say So I very much do encourage people not to use cell phones or anything like that for for those reasons and other things And I think that it does you know I've talked about this in videos before there's this Reflex that people develop when they have cell phones myself included When you have you know 10 seconds alone and you don't have anything to do and When you're faced with that terrible possibility that you might you know have some free mental time to yourself Your reflex that you develop is to pull out your phone and just sort of do whatever Maybe you check your Facebook feed maybe you I don't know check for Chan. I don't know what kids are doing nowadays. They do whatever Um, and you don't really get anything out of that and you lose something important you lose boredom you lose boredom is really mental freedom. It's you being able to like Think about the thoughts that are actually going to come to your head and cell phones get in the way of that because when you're When you're on a cell phone when you're using it constantly It you very much do you Get in you have sort of a herd mentality when it comes down to it you you'll become a culture-rated to whatever Kind of application you're using and it does change your personality and it changes I don't know it's it really does detract from your humanity in a lot of ways that's sort of disturbing So yes, I do have a cell phone as I said I'm recording this on a cell phone Because cell phones are very nice for you know They have all those megapixels. They're good at audio recording my cell phone is actually better Then the camcorder I have back at home, which is like you know 15 years old. I don't even know how much You've probably actually seen it in other videos, but um, so it is good The cell phones can be useful I do use uber or something like that every once in a while But I really only take my cell phone around when I specifically need it or when I think that some kind of emergency Situation could arise like if I'm traveling if I'm going somewhere. I've never been if I feel like I I just might need it But otherwise I pretty much never take my cell phone anywhere. I keep it at the house all the time Again, the only reason I have it the only reason I have it and none will not a landline is because I'm still on my family plan Right and if I'm gonna basically get a cell phone and service for free I might as well at least have it even if it's you know just gonna be sitting in my desk all the time And I will say a lot of people have the feeling that You know since they have a cell phone and they're used to getting having all these people contact them via a cell phone They have this idea. I think that if they don't have a cell phone that they're they're not gonna be able to have normal human interactions And that's not true when people realize you're not a consistent cell phone user which many people are even people who have Cell phones and carry them around all the time people understand They'll make adjustments. They'll be like okay. Well, I know this person if I really want to contact him I'll see him in person email him whatever people are very good at adjusting to that That's my excuse all you people who have texted me in the past couple of months and me not replying Uh, you should email me or something actually people who email me might know how bad I am at responding to those but Regardless of both of those things, you know, it really does help Trimming you know trimming the busyness you have in your life is a really good thing sometimes ignoring You know the constant updates and all that stuff is a good thing And I think cell phones keep you always plugged in and they keep you with this sort of low attention span mentality Uh, and you end up spending a lot of time on things that you wouldn't That are frankly a waste uh long term So anyway, that's about it. It's getting a little darker here anywhere. It's very crepuscular here. Look at that Very crepuscular. What is that? What building is that? I think that's a library. I don't know. Anyway Yeah, that's a library. I've been there Anyway, so that's about it for this video. I'll see you guys next time