‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners
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Out of curiosity, how many flip phones have you used since 2007?
My current phone is a flip phone. A Samsung Galaxy Flip 5
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I don't vouch for these, as I have not used them. But, I found this rewritten one and this one with LLM.
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I keep seeing this headline and thinking it's a slur
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No way would I use that app.
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what's the rationale for IT not wanting to pay for the fobs?
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innocuous
Calling people "cultists" doesn't sound very "innocuous".
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I actually wrote my own text editor for the C-64
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What ticks my off is that I have the stupid Safeway card and the stupid Kroger card. But now there's more deals, better deals if I do a digital coupon requiring the app on my phone, too. It's not enough to know about all the regular items in my home, from celery to toilet paper, but they also must need to hoover up all my digital into as well? Dude, just buy it from Meta or whichever jerks have it all. Half-price grapes ain't the right price.
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Hello McDonalds. My IQ is 500, so do I get like, free stuff or something?
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My Kia Sportage PHEV came with a "Kia Connect" app. There is a monthly charge but I get first 3 years for free. It's got some sort of useful things but I don't really use it much anymore. More likely than not I won't bother to pay for it when the free years are up.
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I can't even go to a high school football game without having an app.
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needs more sheep
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Can't your purchases be tied to you via credit/debit card number? I mean obviously you can use cash, but I don't see a lot of people using cash
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Not having a phone really sucks in this day and age. Imagine getting out of jail for something stupid like marijuana possession and then a parole violation due to a missed appointment. No one will hire you with your rap sheet. You live in a halfway house with a bunch of petty BS every day. And you can't keep up with your parole demands because of how much your lack of a phone gets in your way. At the end of the day, there IS a way to succeed if you make the right choices, but shit, it's just so much harder for some people to make the right choices when every day is crisis mode. And all because of WHAT?
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I mean I use Cashapp, but I could also not use it and my life wouldn't be much harder
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yes, that still doesnt give the store your home address, phone number, etc etc like signing up for a rewards card does.
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Ohh, I see. That makes a lot of sense. I understand the comparison now, ty
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At least you can not only ask other customers for their cards, but also sometimes be offered theirs without even asking.
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I use a loyalty card pretty often. It's just that it is almost always another customer's card) And in case this is not available - a barcode of some rando's loyalty card I found online, the valid ones are often easy to find.
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I have seen a bit of that, but every time it turned out to have an option without. For example, one chain wanted you to use an app for making orders - but when you say "I am sorry, I have a dumbphone", it turns out there is a tablet for this on the reception.
