[rp1]

You could write the above easily with a typewriter. The point isn't to use the most primitive method of writing possible. Rather, it's to acknowledge that writing on a computer has a certain set of drawbacks in addition to its benefits.

[romwell]

The drawbacks of writing on a computer are obvious (I'm not representative in that regard).

What I'm trying to say is that the parent comment has merits comparing it to a car.

>You could write the above easily with a typewriter

No I couldn't. I know, since I own two typewriters.

They are hella fun, and I absolutely love typing letters on them (the snail mail kind). But it's an entirely different flow. Kinda like you can get on a bike pretty much anywhere you could drive, but you wiuldn't (or maybe you would, but I'm surely cycling far less often after starting a job 20 miles from where I live vs. 4 miles of the previous job).

Same with the cell phone: if I had to either get off my bed to fetch a laptop, or had I not had swype-like typing, you wouldn't be reading this.

What I'm saying is that it's not about advantages vs. drawbacks, it's about the kind of writing that you get in the end.

Which is why I still use my to typewriters. I can just use a typewriter font and send it to the printer from the word processor, but it would still read like an email, because it would be.