Using pencil and paper, is much like returning to DE shaving . The tried and true , rarely lets you down.
I’m not a fan of either pencils nor fountain pens because I’m left handed and was taught to hold my paper like a right handed person WHEN I write so I smear the graphite or ink with my hand behind my writing Texting, email and typing has been my friend since 1985 when I bought my first Macintosh computer and a program called typing tutor II.While I have mechanical pencils, I do still have some real wooden ones, plus the old-fashioned crank-type sharpener. It was my Grandfather's when he was a High School Teacher nearly 60 years ago. As a kid, I remember sharpening tinker toys with it to use in the homemade crossbow ...
I'm in the same boat. I almost write vertically these days. Typing has always been a faster way to write.I’m not a fan of either pencils nor fountain pens because I’m left handed and was taught to hold my paper like a right handed person WHEN I write so I smear the graphite or ink with my hand behind my writing Texting, email and typing has been my friend since 1985 when I bought my first Macintosh computer and a program called typing tutor II.
Neither does the app.pencil & paper (or Post-It notes) are great & they don't generate annoying pop-ups or junkmail.
Junkmail should be the least of your concerns.I do have words, but they're derisive, unkind and likely not appropriate for the easily offended. Apps exist, not for the benefit of the user, but for the data miners who barrage you with unsolicited junkmail attempting you to buy something at their convenience.