In an essay on digital minimalism, Vitalik Buterin describes accessing X mainly through the multi-platform client Firefly and spending 100 days using airplane mode and Wi-Fi rather than cellular connectivity. He attributes feeling better to reduced exposure to recommendation algorithms, while acknowledging difficulties with SMS verification and communication on the move. He also tried offline maps and knowledge tools, finding local semantic search followed by a small language model more practical than on-device reasoning that took 1–22 minutes per answer. The point is deliberate, needs-based choices about access, not abandoning technology; the benefits are personal observations rather than general proof.