{"id":23277,"date":"2026-05-28T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/so-dumb-it-just-might-work-can-these-dumbphone-evangelists-convince-you-to-dump-smartphones\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T13:37:15","slug":"so-dumb-it-just-might-work-can-these-dumbphone-evangelists-convince-you-to-dump-smartphones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/so-dumb-it-just-might-work-can-these-dumbphone-evangelists-convince-you-to-dump-smartphones\/","title":{"rendered":"So dumb it just might work: can these dumbphone evangelists convince you to dump smartphones?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of a growing anti-tech movement, startup dumb.co is pushing flip phones as a way for young people to find \u2018social and spiritual freedom\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cThey aren\u2019t as dumb as they look,\u201d our facilitator said, referring to the dark gray flip phone in his hand. He just as easily could have been talking about us, the 28 New York residents before him who had signed up to use the device for the entire month of March. He explained that the relic was loaded with WhatsApp, iMessage, Google Maps, Uber, Microsoft 2FA \u2013 nothing like my seventh-grade flip phone.<\/p>\n

We each had paid $75 to participate in Month Offline, or MO, a program that challenged us to swear off our smartphones entirely. Another $25 went to dumb.co, the company behind MO, for the so-called dumbphones we would use as we navigated daily life.<\/p>\n

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\nAs part of a growing anti-tech movement, startup dumb.co is pushing flip phones as a way for young people to find \u2018social and spiritual freedom\u2019
\n\u201cThey aren\u2019t as dumb as they look,\u201d our facilitator said, referring to the dark gray flip phone in his hand. He just as easily could have been talking about us, the 28 New York residents before him who had signed up to use the device for the entire month of March. He explained that the relic was loaded with WhatsApp, iMessage, Google Maps, Uber, Microsoft 2FA \u2013 nothing like my seventh-grade flip phone.
\nWe each had paid $75 to participate in Month Offline, or MO, a program that challenged us to swear off our smartphones entirely. Another $25 went to dumb.co, the company behind MO, for the so-called dumbphones we would use as we navigated daily life. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As part of a growing anti-tech movement, startup dumb.co is pushing flip phones as a way for young people to find \u2018social and spiritual freedom\u2019 \u201cThey aren\u2019t as dumb as they look,\u201d our facilitator said, referring to the dark gray flip phone in his hand. He just as easily could have been talking about us, …<\/p>\n

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