A language teacher who has never had a smartphone says he considers them a “plague” and “a terrible deterioration of life,” but believes that he'll soon have to succumb to the digital age and buy one.
For years, 70-year-old Yves Lombardo has been afraid of leaving information about himself online and doesn’t want to be freely contactable. However, his choice to not get a smartphone was made long ago when he predicted the negative effects they have on our lives.