When swiping up doesn’t get you far | Letters

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Source: theguardian.com
When swiping up doesn’t get you far | Letters

Readers describe the digital habits that are hard to break when interacting with the physical world

Speaking of odd habits as a result of using technology (Letters, 25 December), I once passed a bus shelter where a mother was waiting with her young child. The shelter had a huge poster of a new mobile phone and the toddler was leaning out of its buggy and desperately swiping the screen of the phone, presumably in the hope of getting cartoons.
Ron Bailey
Newcastle upon Tyne

• I read Joanna Rimmer’s letter on this subject and tried to “like” it.
Heather Bradford
Winchester

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