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. . . but collecting the meta-data of 7.9 billion people on Earth, sending it to data centers and then using algorithms to parse out every little last thing about your personality, what you are likely thinking, where you are likely to go, what you are likely going to buy, say, do, vote for, etc.?Wow. A cell phone is not a massive use of energy.
That uses more energy, and will use more energy in the future than most nations on the planet.
Added to that, folks with smart phones upgrade more regularly than folks with dumbphones, which, if you read the article, you will find out about the toll of rare earth metals.