This is a good conclusion. I found out replacing bad habits with good is the best way. For example, gym instead of reels. Sounds simple but it's applying it that's hard
At the end of the day, it comes down to discipline. Although tactics like having a dumbphone can help! I have a normal smartphone and I just use discipline to cut back. The key is mindfulness. Whenever you catch yourself scrolling 'mindlessly', that's your cue to stop. I watch YT, go on socials, after a long long day. But I don't stay for long simply because the content out there is made to entice, irritate, or monetize you. There are very few wholesome content out there! Protect your energy everyone.
Part of dumb phone usage for me is delegating computer activities to an actual computer. In this way I have to intentionally sit down, do the thing I am intending to do on the computer in a way that I am present.
There is for me.. The cat s22 flip, ive been through 5 flip phones and this one does the job. i have less than 1 hour screentime per day thanks to It and its still has all the necessities. Ive also once given up on dumphones and within 2 months was a full on phone addict once more. for me now there is no going back to those drug bricks :).
@gabeebersohn5281 how do you find it in your day to day life? Would you still access emails on it or do you use a PC to access those kinds of things? I considered the Cat s22 at one point but couldn't find one in my country so I never got it in the end
@@theliopleurodontry Nokia 2780 flip it has access to emails and has UA-cam, maps, and minimal
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I use a japanese flip phone I bought on Ebay, a Kyocera 902kc. I previously quitted it and went back to my smartphone, but 2 months ago or something I came back to this flip phone and have been using it since then. It has android 8, so WhatsApp works fine by linking it to my smartphone (so all files and storage stuff ends in my smartphone) Definitively it's not perfect, and more than usability, I use it because I visually like it. I don't really think in the concept of "dumbphone" anymore, honestly I just like typing on that keyboard. I think the best thing of all of this is that I stopped doomscrolling, that was the biggest issue. Just because of that, worth it. Good video btw 👍
Been considering this for some time now. And I can relate to UA-cam shorts and how one might think it’s any better than tik tok. Thankfully my algorithm is carpentry/crafts/tech so at least it’s educational but not perfect. I still get a lot of sketches or prank shorts. Personally trying to find the right balance. If you have deadlines or serious goals you want to achieve then dumb phone all the way. If you’re trying to curb or correct habits I think things like color shifting to greyscale, adjusted white balance and certain app blockers might help. And putting the phone far away at bedtime and reading books should help correct bad bed time. As of this comment I’m only halfway thru the vid so maybe you’ve already addressed all this. Thanks for the video
I had problems with switching to a dumb phone because I still had to use a smart phone for 2 factor for work. It showed me I needed much better discipline and a dumbed down version of my smart phone might be the way to go but for now i'm still going to see how it goes. I already didn't use social media and only wanted to cut back and mostly needed to cut some specific people out of my life that I was having a hard time to and didn't have discipline enough to do on my own.
I think the nearest compromise I could make would be installing an Android app that blocked certain social media apps at certain times, say 10 pm to 8 am. Just getting a proper night's sleep every night would do me the world of good. I guess even just using my watch alarm and putting the phone across the room would help. Unfortunately I am very shy and lonely with almost all my friends on Discord I would really struggle to give that up. Great video as always!
My smart phone is not so smart when: 1) when ever i went to nowhere island 🤣 2) when ever no internet quote left 😭 3) when ever its out of juice🔋 The only best thing i can remember from dumbphone is blind typing. The tips i have, may give you rather such paranoid thought sadly. Well, the phone signal might give you cancer. I used to put my phone on the left pocket of my trouser. Now i have lump on my left leg. From now on, i dont want to pocket my phone anymore. Or hold it all the time (unless i put it into flight mode). Another tip is: you may have smartphone with small/very minimum RAM and storage. Like 3GB of ram, and 32gb of storage. By then you aint gonna install so much. And lets be honest here. Most smartphone got youtube installed. Thats a redflag is you think that installed tiktk is a redflag. Even way bigger redflag if you phone is android.
@tarno_bejo_ yeah that's true that yo can't properly uninstall youtube. It's a known fact that smartphones are just completely destroying the world but unless the government ban them there's nothing we can do now. We're all doomed
There are ways to remove UA-cam shorts on laptop/desktop, but it's more difficult on the mobile app. Definitely possible (I have looked into it before for the same reasons as you) but it's not the most simple thing.
@@theliopleurodon If you are on android you can just uninstall the vanilla youtube application and instead install new pipe. Now you have a minimal client with no account, no targeted advertisements and no algorithmic suggestions. You can still use youtube with it, 'follow' channels, make localized playlists and whatnot. However, you cannot post comments from it, there will be no machine-generated suggestions to pull you into the app, and there's no dedicated "shorts" interface to lure you into doomscrolling. Moreover, you need to manually go to your 'subscriptions' and get the latest videos from channels you follow.
Greetings Ms. Lio. I subscribed to your channel after seeing a video about "no perfect dumb phone exists." The way you described it was heartwarming. It seemed so innocent. I probably watched the video five times on the way to Toronto. Your video had an excellent background and lighting. I believe that was one of the most underrated videos I have ever seen. It appears that you did not edit the video, which made it appear even more authentic. I hope you continue to create great content with minimal editing. Best wishes from Canada! ❤
I'm new to this dumbphone lifestyle, got your channel recommended today and I am really happy to see your dedication to learn about and love God. I am currently trying a dumbphone + tablet combination(no smartphone). Let's see how that goes. Also as a God loving theist, I just want my fellow Christians to stop the sinful act of meat eating and maintaining slaughterhouses and follow the Thou Shall Not Kill commandment fully without interpreting it wrongly. Killing innocent animals for our tongue is detrimental for rising higher in God consciousness.
@UmeshKashyap-z9d hi I appreciate your concern for animals. But the word used in Exodus 20 is 'murder' and not 'kill' which means to intentionally kill another human if you look at the hebrew meaning of the word, id suggest looking at a hebrew interlinear. God gave us animals to eat (genesis 9:3) Not only that but jesus ate fish and also meat, he would have eaten lamb when he took part in passover. Eating meat is not sinful and God gave us meat to eat, its up to you if you don't want to eat meat but you can't say its sinful when the bible clearly teaches it isnt
@@theliopleurodon Hi! I am replying because I see you are very sincere and dedicated to advance in God consciousness. Maybe Noah allowed it at that time, the time of devastation, but that doesn’t mean you always have to do it. To live in such a time, one can eat anything to stay alive, but now so many things are in abundance, God has given us nice grains, nice fruits, nice vegetables, nice milk and milk products(i'm not vegan haha) and there's no need to unnecessarily kill. Jesus eating fish is also irrelevant, since Jesus can eat the whole world too if he wants, he's powerful but we should not imitate him and simply follow his instruction: Thou Shall Not Kill Nevertheless killing is not a very good activity. One can observe it by visiting a slaughterhouse oneself. God Bless!
@UmeshKashyap-z9d Again, it doesn't say 'do not kill' Plus as chrsitians, we 100% sure imitate christ because he is our perfect example. Jesus is God and did not sin and we are encouraged to be like christ throughout the new testament in Paul's letters. Where does it say in the Bible not to kill animals?
@@UmeshKashyap-z9d I also am not trying to advance in God consciousness. I have no idea what that means as it's definitely not a biblical idea. Are you a buddhist?
@@theliopleurodon No, I am not a Buddhist. Buddhist are atheistic but I am a God loving theist. God consciousness is an umbrella term I use for loving God, reading about him through authoritative scriptures like Bible etc., worshipping him, glorifying him, praying to him, preaching his message etc. and all these are Biblical Ideas. Ofcourse Jesus is perfect and we follow in his footsteps, but we cannot completely imitate him. He died for our sins and was crucified and then again rose back from the dead, can we imitate that? He walked on water, can we imitate that? The most important thing is to follow his teachings and he directly ordered Thou Shalt Not Kill and I simply follow his direct instruction. See I just want you to help improve your connection with God because I see you are very sincere and inquisitive about God and it is a practical thing which you can observe after abstaining from meat for a month or so. God Bless!
Keeping my phone in black and white as well as removing my fingerprint or face ID to unlock my phone and instead putting a long password I have to type each time stops the reactionary reaching for it
@NeonDisciple I have NEVER ever thought about putting my phone in greyscale. In fact I didn't know I could do that. I've just seen my phone to it not to see if it helps. The password thing is such a great tip too I never thought if that. Thank you so much for these suggestions they're really helpful :)
@iMax1975 Well I was looking for a gamertag ages ago and remembered the Charlie the Unicorn episode and thought 'that will do' and it's just sorta stuck
we all need to have a dumb phone; but ye youtube shorts can get you sometimes haha..all jokes aside it is IMPORTANT to feel your brain with quality stuff, not trash and useless..so if you will use your smartphone you have to SELECT, and FILTRATE the toxic garbage.
This is a good conclusion. I found out replacing bad habits with good is the best way. For example, gym instead of reels. Sounds simple but it's applying it that's hard
At the end of the day, it comes down to discipline. Although tactics like having a dumbphone can help!
I have a normal smartphone and I just use discipline to cut back. The key is mindfulness. Whenever you catch yourself scrolling 'mindlessly', that's your cue to stop.
I watch YT, go on socials, after a long long day. But I don't stay for long simply because the content out there is made to entice, irritate, or monetize you. There are very few wholesome content out there! Protect your energy everyone.
Part of dumb phone usage for me is delegating computer activities to an actual computer. In this way I have to intentionally sit down, do the thing I am intending to do on the computer in a way that I am present.
There is for me.. The cat s22 flip, ive been through 5 flip phones and this one does the job. i have less than 1 hour screentime per day thanks to It and its still has all the necessities. Ive also once given up on dumphones and within 2 months was a full on phone addict once more. for me now there is no going back to those drug bricks :).
@gabeebersohn5281 how do you find it in your day to day life? Would you still access emails on it or do you use a PC to access those kinds of things?
I considered the Cat s22 at one point but couldn't find one in my country so I never got it in the end
@@theliopleurodontry Nokia 2780 flip it has access to emails and has UA-cam, maps, and minimal
I use a japanese flip phone I bought on Ebay, a Kyocera 902kc. I previously quitted it and went back to my smartphone, but 2 months ago or something I came back to this flip phone and have been using it since then. It has android 8, so WhatsApp works fine by linking it to my smartphone (so all files and storage stuff ends in my smartphone)
Definitively it's not perfect, and more than usability, I use it because I visually like it. I don't really think in the concept of "dumbphone" anymore, honestly I just like typing on that keyboard. I think the best thing of all of this is that I stopped doomscrolling, that was the biggest issue. Just because of that, worth it.
Good video btw 👍
Been considering this for some time now. And I can relate to UA-cam shorts and how one might think it’s any better than tik tok. Thankfully my algorithm is carpentry/crafts/tech so at least it’s educational but not perfect. I still get a lot of sketches or prank shorts. Personally trying to find the right balance. If you have deadlines or serious goals you want to achieve then dumb phone all the way. If you’re trying to curb or correct habits I think things like color shifting to greyscale, adjusted white balance and certain app blockers might help. And putting the phone far away at bedtime and reading books should help correct bad bed time. As of this comment I’m only halfway thru the vid so maybe you’ve already addressed all this. Thanks for the video
damn i just watched your video from a year ago following up with this one now. dumbphone struggles continue
Thank you very much, sharing this experience is very helpful. God Bless.
I had problems with switching to a dumb phone because I still had to use a smart phone for 2 factor for work. It showed me I needed much better discipline and a dumbed down version of my smart phone might be the way to go but for now i'm still going to see how it goes. I already didn't use social media and only wanted to cut back and mostly needed to cut some specific people out of my life that I was having a hard time to and didn't have discipline enough to do on my own.
I think the nearest compromise I could make would be installing an Android app that blocked certain social media apps at certain times, say 10 pm to 8 am. Just getting a proper night's sleep every night would do me the world of good. I guess even just using my watch alarm and putting the phone across the room would help. Unfortunately I am very shy and lonely with almost all my friends on Discord I would really struggle to give that up. Great video as always!
My smart phone is not so smart when:
1) when ever i went to nowhere island 🤣
2) when ever no internet quote left 😭
3) when ever its out of juice🔋
The only best thing i can remember from dumbphone is blind typing.
The tips i have, may give you rather such paranoid thought sadly.
Well, the phone signal might give you cancer.
I used to put my phone on the left pocket of my trouser.
Now i have lump on my left leg.
From now on, i dont want to pocket my phone anymore. Or hold it all the time (unless i put it into flight mode).
Another tip is: you may have smartphone with small/very minimum RAM and storage. Like 3GB of ram, and 32gb of storage.
By then you aint gonna install so much.
And lets be honest here. Most smartphone got youtube installed. Thats a redflag is you think that installed tiktk is a redflag.
Even way bigger redflag if you phone is android.
@tarno_bejo_ yeah that's true that yo can't properly uninstall youtube.
It's a known fact that smartphones are just completely destroying the world but unless the government ban them there's nothing we can do now.
We're all doomed
@@theliopleurodon Well, its all about money in the end. They keep give the gov money, no complain.
There are ways to remove UA-cam shorts on laptop/desktop, but it's more difficult on the mobile app. Definitely possible (I have looked into it before for the same reasons as you) but it's not the most simple thing.
@@Tobberz I'll look into it. Thank you
@@theliopleurodon If you are on android you can just uninstall the vanilla youtube application and instead install new pipe.
Now you have a minimal client with no account, no targeted advertisements and no algorithmic suggestions. You can still use youtube with it, 'follow' channels, make localized playlists and whatnot. However, you cannot post comments from it, there will be no machine-generated suggestions to pull you into the app, and there's no dedicated "shorts" interface to lure you into doomscrolling. Moreover, you need to manually go to your 'subscriptions' and get the latest videos from channels you follow.
Greetings Ms. Lio. I subscribed to your channel after seeing a video about "no perfect dumb phone exists."
The way you described it was heartwarming. It seemed so innocent. I probably watched the video five times on the way to Toronto. Your video had an excellent background and lighting. I believe that was one of the most underrated videos I have ever seen. It appears that you did not edit the video, which made it appear even more authentic.
I hope you continue to create great content with minimal editing.
Best wishes from Canada! ❤
@MrTarandeep99 I'm so glad you enjoy my videos and that it could keep tou entertained on your way to Toronto.
Best wishes
You made this video a few months before the LightPhone3 ships, you might want to reevaluate in Q1 2025
The most smartphone dumbphone is Duoqin F22 Pro, the most dumbphone is Panasonic TU250
I'm new to this dumbphone lifestyle, got your channel recommended today and I am really happy to see your dedication to learn about and love God.
I am currently trying a dumbphone + tablet combination(no smartphone). Let's see how that goes.
Also as a God loving theist, I just want my fellow Christians to stop the sinful act of meat eating and maintaining slaughterhouses and follow the Thou Shall Not Kill commandment fully without interpreting it wrongly. Killing innocent animals for our tongue is detrimental for rising higher in God consciousness.
@UmeshKashyap-z9d hi I appreciate your concern for animals. But the word used in Exodus 20 is 'murder' and not 'kill' which means to intentionally kill another human if you look at the hebrew meaning of the word, id suggest looking at a hebrew interlinear.
God gave us animals to eat (genesis 9:3)
Not only that but jesus ate fish and also meat, he would have eaten lamb when he took part in passover.
Eating meat is not sinful and God gave us meat to eat, its up to you if you don't want to eat meat but you can't say its sinful when the bible clearly teaches it isnt
@@theliopleurodon Hi! I am replying because I see you are very sincere and dedicated to advance in God consciousness.
Maybe Noah allowed it at that time, the time of devastation, but that doesn’t mean you always have to do it. To live in such a time, one can eat anything to stay alive, but now so many things are in abundance, God has given us nice grains, nice fruits, nice vegetables, nice milk and milk products(i'm not vegan haha) and there's no need to unnecessarily kill.
Jesus eating fish is also irrelevant, since Jesus can eat the whole world too if he wants, he's powerful but we should not imitate him and simply follow his instruction: Thou Shall Not Kill
Nevertheless killing is not a very good activity. One can observe it by visiting a slaughterhouse oneself.
God Bless!
@UmeshKashyap-z9d Again, it doesn't say 'do not kill'
Plus as chrsitians, we 100% sure imitate christ because he is our perfect example. Jesus is God and did not sin and we are encouraged to be like christ throughout the new testament in Paul's letters.
Where does it say in the Bible not to kill animals?
@@UmeshKashyap-z9d I also am not trying to advance in God consciousness.
I have no idea what that means as it's definitely not a biblical idea.
Are you a buddhist?
@@theliopleurodon No, I am not a Buddhist. Buddhist are atheistic but I am a God loving theist. God consciousness is an umbrella term I use for loving God, reading about him through authoritative scriptures like Bible etc., worshipping him, glorifying him, praying to him, preaching his message etc. and all these are Biblical Ideas.
Ofcourse Jesus is perfect and we follow in his footsteps, but we cannot completely imitate him. He died for our sins and was crucified and then again rose back from the dead, can we imitate that? He walked on water, can we imitate that?
The most important thing is to follow his teachings and he directly ordered Thou Shalt Not Kill and I simply follow his direct instruction.
See I just want you to help improve your connection with God because I see you are very sincere and inquisitive about God and it is a practical thing which you can observe after abstaining from meat for a month or so.
God Bless!
Keeping my phone in black and white as well as removing my fingerprint or face ID to unlock my phone and instead putting a long password I have to type each time stops the reactionary reaching for it
@NeonDisciple I have NEVER ever thought about putting my phone in greyscale. In fact I didn't know I could do that. I've just seen my phone to it not to see if it helps. The password thing is such a great tip too I never thought if that.
Thank you so much for these suggestions they're really helpful :)
@TheLiopleurodon - Why did you choose "Liopleurodon"?
@iMax1975 Well I was looking for a gamertag ages ago and remembered the Charlie the Unicorn episode and thought 'that will do' and it's just sorta stuck
@@theliopleurodon 👍🏻 thanks for replying 🙃
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@@logos1396 hello
finally! finallyyyy! i got your new update on dumb phone, you know how long i hv been waiting for lol?
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@@niwa666 hi
we all need to have a dumb phone; but ye youtube shorts can get you sometimes haha..all jokes aside it is IMPORTANT to feel your brain with quality stuff, not trash and useless..so if you will use your smartphone you have to SELECT, and FILTRATE the toxic garbage.
now that sounds insulting :)
My nokia 3210 has youtube shorts 🥲
Thats awful!!