Whatever you do, don’t buy our editor a smartwatch for Christmas

Tim Danton

Sometimes I hate technology with all my might and whatever is left of my soul. If I were to crystallise this into one piercing needle of hatred, it would be directed at notifications. Meaningless, pointless, endless and always stupid notifications. And if there’s one device that epitomises this most detestable of modern scourges, it’s the smartwatch. Because every single smartwatch in the world – and there is no grey here – is making our lives worse. Not only your life; my life too. When I go out for a drink with a friend, there’s nothing worse than them glancing down at their wrist mid-sentence to check a notification on their watch. They pause the sentence, realise the message isn’t important, and then attempt to pick up the thread. But I’ve…

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