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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[-] tal@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The keyboard interface sucks

I'm not sure if you're going to see this if you're avoiding social media for two months, but...while I don't personally see much gain from using a phone rather than a PC for Internet access for two months, if it's enough of a pain and it doesn't violate whatever rules you're setting for yourself, you can connect a keyboard. There are a bunch of Bluetooth keyboards aimed at Android devices, some of which fold and are themselves phone-sized for portability.

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=folding+keyboard

You can also get USB-C hubs with pass-through charging, stuff like this that will give you some USB-A ports to plug wired keyboards into, if you're using the phone at a desk.

Android won't show the on-screen keyboard if you have a connected physical keyboard, so you also get a lot more screen space while doing text entry.

Most if not all UIs for websites are shit in mobile.

Firefox (and probably other browsers, but I use Firefox) can request the desktop version of websites. Tap the menu button in the lower-right, and then choose "Desktop site".

Now, the desktop site may not work well on a small screen either, but you will have access to it.

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