Yeah and people can chose another app. I tried a smartphone emulator for Signal, and I’m pretty sure I was the security weakness.

I live in France. I did nothing at all for months, but I had and wanted no social life. I returned to my computer because I wanted it, and to a dumbphone because of banks. Without a phone number, there is a lot of things you can’t do with your bank, and I couldn’t access to my bank account anymore. I know people with a landline phone and no dumb or smartphone and it’s ok for the bank, for now.

I have mail, phone numbers, etc. But what’s really annoying is people are always with whatsapp or signal and I can’t. I feel left out of lot of things. I’m often the last to know social events.

Edit: and there are lot of services which requires smartphones, even state ones.

Kala namak salt is funny, tastes like egg.

Not everyone has english as primary language, and abbreviations are difficult to know and/or remember.

Boiled little cubes of zucchini. No spice, no salt, nothing. It’s for my cat, I have to do this all year round and it’s annoying.