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Majority of Americans Would Like to Return to Time Before Cell Phones, Internet, According to New Poll (www.thewrap.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Los to c/technology

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Seventy-seven percent of middle-age Americans (35-54 years old) say they want to return to a time before society was “plugged in,” meaning a time before there was widespread internet and cell phone usage. As told by a new Harris Poll (via Fast Company), 63% of younger folks (18-34 years old) were also keen on returning to a pre-plugged-in world, despite that being a world they largely never had a chance to occupy.

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[–] cassetti@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I miss the internet before iphones existed - 2008 seems to be a delineation when suddenly any idiot could easily access the "internet". Before that the net was a different place

[–] captdust@hachyderm.io 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@cassetti @Los @Bishma Smartphones reaching the masses with unlimited data plans was like the sequel to eternal september