@stranger_in_a_strange_land Are we twins?
I lived the first 38 years of my life without it, tend to just turn it off randomly since, and, if it vanished, I would say “ah darn,” miss it a bit for convenience, and go on.
I would have to resume regular library and spend more on books. I would be pressed into getting * cringe * reading glasses because I am developing old age eyes. Online books are easier to read.. I do enjoy the smell and feel of a paper book, though, so I do undergo some headaches to read other than online. Also, not all that I read is available online.
I would also miss it because I keep up with international news. That would be difficult without the internet as would international correspondence.
I fractured my wrists in my teens (auto wreck… I braced against the dashboard). My friends would be subjected to the resulting painful chickenscratch that passes as my handwriting since I would have to resume snail mail.