I get that until recently it was considered normal and relatively cheap, but you are literally paying someone else to make food for you.
It can’t be sustainable without exploitation of workers and/or animal welfare to have that available to the majority of people on a regular basis.
If you can only afford fast food as a luxury, to me that seems like a good thing.
I’ll use AT&T as an example, because that’s who I use as a cell phone provider. You can buy inexpensive pre-paid plans for as low as $40/month, with a one-time fee for a sub-$100 dumb phone.
Smart phones - which have a higher barrier of entry - are most certainly luxuries, and most certainly are not a requirement. And people who need access to computers have low cost or no-cost alternatives, such as using free public libraries.
I see at least 8 sub $100 smart phones on craigslist right now. Couple that with pre-paid/barebones plans and it’s just as cheap as your “dumb” phone.
You’re being pedantic as hell about this and having to make a trip to the library to do online shit after working two jobs, cooking every single meal you eat, most people just don’t have the time/energy.
(And btw, that phone you’re using as an example is a smart phone running android 11.)
To add to this, I used to buy the AT&T pre-paid phones all the time that were smart phones. Paid $40 for the phone (ZTE Blade Spark Z971) and used it on a regular plan. So, in all reality, it goes right back to how and where you spend your money. Smart phones don’t have this huge barrier of entry anymore. They are super easy to get for super affordable prices. The problem you’ll run into will be the plans you can get.
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My kids both wanted phones instead of tablets because they fit in their hands better.
One cost $20 and one $30
A friend of mine switched from a dumb phone to a smart phone some time in around 2015. He said that the dumb phone was keeping him isolated from the rest of the world. He was unable to communicate with the with certain people because they were sending messages using whatsapp, facebook and all that modern spyware trash. It was too late to stick to a dumb phone back then, and now it’s even worse. If you want to isolate yourself from the people around you, a dumb phone has become an excellent tool to achieve that.