Another type of Big brother

I was forced to upgrade my iphone to a higher IOS. I cannot ACCESS certain apps because of not upgrading. I HATE the idea of "non stop progressing". Do I have a choice? Can I be happy with status quo? Could I not 'progress'? Why do we have to follow others' practices? Why do we have to follow the mind of the 'programmers'? Why do we need to respond to whats' app? Sometimes, I felt like voluntarily surrendering to Big Brother, who knows about myself more than I do. The data they collected about me made me feel so naked and insecure. So I may have to get myself off from the techno convenience. I respect people who are not using smart phones because sometimes smart phones only make the users look more stupid.