Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public - eviltoast
Seine-Port is introducing restrictions on phone use in streets, shops and parks – but young people say there’s little else to do

Seine-Port is introducing restrictions on phone use in streets, shops and parks.

  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Those who might check their phone’s map when lost are instead being encouraged to ask for directions.

    Option 1 - check smartphone, get instant GPS directions

    Option 2 - ask random people if they can tell you how to get somewhere and hope you can remember after. And that they aren’t wrong. Got lost anyway? Ask someone else!

    Option 3 - Buy a paper map. Vastly less convenient than a smartphone and still doesn’t encourage any human interaction.

    If smartphones are banned, what about smartwatches, or tablets, or laptops?