What I mean is that you need it to use an increasing number of private and public services these days.

Speaking from my experiences in Europe and South Asia.

So effectively companies and the government are telling us that we need one of these to get avail conveniences and in some cases to be able to use their service at all…

With policies that mandate the use of digital vaccine certificates, apps and QR codes being ubiquitous, we’re effectively being forced to become a customer of Apple or Google one way or another

I cannot enter or place an order at most coffee shops today without a smartphone

It's getting harder and harder to manage without a smart phone. I was stuck overseas at the start of the Pandemic because I couldn't buy a plane ticket as I couldn't receive an SMS for OTP authorisation. Had a shouting match with my bank when I finally did return as they now want me to use an App, which I couldn't get while I was overseas.

So I’d say you are less able to participate in society.