“phone” is more complicated for me.
- smartphone → deGoogled Android (because I won’t feed the popular hardware vendors like Samsung which alternative OSs support), no GSM chip, in airplane mode; occasionally wifi
- phone (for talking) → 20-year old candybar phone
- VOIP → disaster because the cheap providers do not support basic crypto
- payment → cash, even when not possible. That is, if a creditor demands electronic payment, I still offer only cash. When they take me to court, I explain cash acceptance is an obligation. And I win. They can fuck right off with their Bill Gates-ian forced-banking agenda. I also keep my eye out for cashless restaurants that collect after dining -- they’re accepting my cash or I’m eating for free.
- email → no, snail mail. Google and MS broke email.