Comment Comment by swiley I'm really not sure how I feel about highschoolers having phones.On the one hand, not having one seems like it could cause isolation and practical/logistical problems.On the other hand, the whole point of most of the smartphone ecosystem is to manipulate people and these people are especially prone to that.Highschoolers therefore should be only allowed to use completely free (as in freedom) community maintained software/OS/hardware devices. parent swiley 8 years ago
On the one hand, not having one seems like it could cause isolation and practical/logistical problems.
On the other hand, the whole point of most of the smartphone ecosystem is to manipulate people and these people are especially prone to that.
Highschoolers therefore should be only allowed to use completely free (as in freedom) community maintained software/OS/hardware devices.