It's an example of constraints that still apply.

Don't pay taxes. Steal cars, punch Trump, call a black person the N-word ... see how it goes

Paper and pencil offer a far more blank canvas compared to the very specific hardware constraints of a phone, and ecosystem of software limited to the common languages

Software dev and use is, comparatively, heavily constrained and on rails compared to sitting by a tree and imagining

To buy the phone ones agency is coupled to the subset of legitimate options to make money

Same for electricity to charge it, battery replacement, screen repair if it breaks.

Really just quickly becomes a ball and chain

So free!