Mobile phone use is as antisocial as smoking. Smoking in banned in certain places, so phones should be banned like smoking.
To what extent do you agree or disagree?
Cellphones have already become ubiquitous in our day-to-day lives. Because of this prevalence, some people tend to behave antisocially, fuelling a controversy about phones. It is, thus, suggested that phone use be prohibited like smoking bans in certain areas. I believe that while it is miraculous to force people not to use their gadgets all the time, an introduction of special policy in certain places would be practical.
It is true that phones are already an indispensable part in the modern world, considerably easing people’s lives. Everyday communication, such as calls or messages, would not be feasible if it were not for smartphones. It is much easier to arrange meetings or transfer urgent information – activities that took at least weeks in the past. Current digitally-monetized purchases are also done thanks to phones, and people also use them for research purposes, since almost everything can be found literally in seconds, leaving no need to go to libraries or information desks. Recent emergence of diverse AI’s, for example ChatGPT by OpenAI or Chinese Deepseek , further cemented our dependence on these portable devices, showing how pivotal they have already become in our lives.
Although mobile phones are of a paramount importance, this should leave no room for people to isolate, and consecutively become antisocial. I think that much-like to smoking, the use of phones is to be banned in particular areas, especially in public places like museums, busy streets or crowded transport means. People are being ignorant to their surroundings these days, and feel overly free, contributing to non-socialness. They can talk on the phone loudly, or watch some videos, or play music loudly. These often irritates people around them, which may consequently spark arguments between them. If not stopped instantaneously, these debates might be a beginning of fights – further disturbance both for the arguers and people nearby. My friend, for example, recently fought with a man who was watching Instagram reels extremely loudly, because that man acted recklessly, attacking my friend when my friend kindly asked him to turn the volume down. To prevent such unwelcoming cases, and encourage people to be attentive, a ban on phone usage sounds sensible.
In conclusion, using phones excessively could make people antisocial, and for this is beneficial neither to the user nor to the society, I reiterate that issuing legal limits on phone use in public places can be a workable approach.
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