Practically speaking, to be a minimalist smartphone user means that you deploy this device for a small number of features that do things you value (and that the phone does particularly well), and then outside of these activities, put it away. This approach dethrones this gadget from a position of constant companion down to a luxury object, like a fancy bike or a high-end blender, that gives you great pleasure when you use it but doesn’t dominate your entire day.
I like this
...and present in their digital lives
Relevant even more so now than when Cal wrote it in 2019.
Agree 100%. I read digital minimalism and it was really good, I have changed the way I use my phone, however have some things I still need to change.