What sucks about having no internet and what is great about it? (piefed.world)

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Right now I am attempting to detox or strictly limit online activity by disconnecting my Internet for 2 whole months. I have downloaded what I could to pad the time and have gotten around more to do things I kept putting off.

So far, what I am not liking about it, is that the only way I have internet now is mobile since my phone has a plan. I. hate. the. mobile. experience. There is a reason I have always treated all of my phones as just communication devices as meant to be and not just for browsing.

The keyboard interface sucks, keys are too close which are prone for you to make many typing mistakes unless you have autocorrect. And we all know how autocorrect can be. Sometimes things will randomly zip you away from what you are doing like, in the middle of making this, something made my browser get yanked down and I was on the home screen.

Most if not all UIs for websites are shit in mobile. If things act up, welp! You are in for a world of frustration! Being on mobile is really like you are going down a narrow corridor, just trying to get to places and do things. But for every few paces, you have a series of booby traps to deal with and they all fuck you up and leave you pissed off as you try resuming. It's a fucking trap in of itself.

The plus side of no net? Keeps the social media noise down.

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[-] chris@lemmy.grey.fail 19 points 2 days ago

I miss when things were slower.

Want to know about the Hittites? That's a trip to the library -- encyclopedia volume H. While you're out, maybe your bud tried to call. Best check the answering machine when you get home. Lost? Better pull out that atlas from the car door. Don't mind the mysterious stain.

Having lived it, I understand the urge. We're not built for this.

[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Yep. And you are more likely to retain that knowledge getting it that way, vs getting your answer from a quick internet search.

There have been studies that have shown that getting answers quickly from search engines/internet has caused a marked reduction in our ability to remember things, because our brain knows its right there in our pocket/on our computer to find again so it doesnt even bother to try to retain it.

But if you make a concerted effort of going to the library, browsing, reading 20 other really interesting things along the way, your chances of retaining and recalling it skyrocket

[-] chunes@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I still use paper atlases. I see no reason to change.

[-] xordos@lonestarpiefed.duckdns.org 0 points 2 days ago

The Google maps allow you use offline map which you download before go offline. All funcs works except some eg real time traffic

[-] Soulinyx@piefed.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Fuck Google maps. That shitty app has misdirected me on three crucial occasions. The recent one, a month ago, a ramp to the exit of a highway I take to work was out for road work.

And what did Google maps advise? It advised me that I take a left to an alt route, okay, then I take that route to another left and then it brought right back to the closed out area. It basically set me on a fucking loop.

Mutli-billion dollar company, people...

[-] njordomir@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

OSMand does this too if OP wants a more FOSS flavored option.

[-] baguette@piefed.social 3 points 2 days ago

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