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bhikkhu

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9. There are many downtowns where you literally cannot park legally without downloading an app

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 01:22 PM

Dec 2024

I ran into that trying to visit a museum years ago. I had a smartphone, downloaded the app, linked it to my bank, etc, and rushed through the visit because I wasn't sure how much charge my phone had, and had no idea what a person would do if their phone died so they couldn't notify the app of their departure.

Generally speaking I just don't go places where I need a smartphone. I have one and I'm pretty far from being a luddite, but I don't like having to figure stuff like that out, which used to be entirely simple.

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Can't afford a smartphone? That's going to cost you. [View all] Celerity Dec 2024 OP

I despise every corporation in the world trying get me to install an app on my phone ... dawg Dec 2024 #1

I dread this XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #2

won't cost me anything. saves me lots ShepKat Dec 2024 #3

You are missing the point. Many things will become (many already have) app-ONLY. Here in Sweden, in order to use Celerity Dec 2024 #4

Well, Sweden actually helps their poor sagetea Dec 2024 #5

no point missed ShepKat Dec 2024 #8

All those "usage areas" seem unpleasant... hunter Dec 2024 #14

Swish is just a mobile payment system, like Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, etc Celerity Dec 2024 #16

I am happy for the blessings these technologies brought you -- but please don't forget the rest of us cadoman Dec 2024 #20

I have no control over the systemic roll-out and use of technology. I am leaving no one behind. Celerity Dec 2024 #24

There are many downtowns where you literally cannot park legally without downloading an app bhikkhu Dec 2024 #9

I do not have any cash apps or even an ATM or even a debit card. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #48

I just ran into a side issue of this the other day. My fairly new (last year) 5G android niyad Dec 2024 #6

Monitoring our bathroom use lame54 Dec 2024 #7

Haves and have nots Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #10

It's really tough in some rural areas to get a reliable signal. I have a choice of one carrier. No allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #38

Yes, the industry is focused on $ Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #39

lol. Very true...but if we get a bit more "modernized" may that will change. nt allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #43

Probably why "We're not going back" wasn't the greatest of messages Wolver Dec 2024 #11

I'd gladly go back to being able to use cash to pay for goods and services cadoman Dec 2024 #19

My grocery store app saves me tons. I feel bad for those who don't use it. PeaceWave Dec 2024 #12

cost of grocery store app jaxxon20 Dec 2024 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Dec 2024 #36

It's the same with fast food apps, which I don't use. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #44

You're never alone with your smart phone. CoopersDad Dec 2024 #13

Something that needs to be addressed about smart phone use canetoad Dec 2024 #15

The goal is to track everyone like cattle soandso Dec 2024 #17

Yup, it basically pipelines everybody to a certain brand peregrinus Dec 2024 #31

so glad awareness of this is being raised -- it is arguably worse than voter id laws cadoman Dec 2024 #18

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Well, Hi Sunshine!! GP6971 Dec 2024 #22

Haven't seen you for a couple of days. GP6971 Dec 2024 #23

"They don't have the cash to drop $1k on a smartphone ..." mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 #25

I think about this all the time with Safeway's 4U system Sympthsical Dec 2024 #26

We Have That, Too ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #27

Yeah, I think Jewel and Safeway are both Albertson's Sympthsical Dec 2024 #28

Jewel, Definitely... ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #33

I miss Jewel Sympthsical Dec 2024 #34

Dominick's Long Gone ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #37

That's decent. I think our HEB may have done away with digital deals. Or they may have stopped advertising them in the LeftInTX Dec 2024 #45

Our Stores... ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #47

Safeway used to be one of the moonscape Dec 2024 #41

nothing a crowbar can't fix peregrinus Dec 2024 #29

There won't be any more free "Obama phones" for the poor either. Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #30

I hate it when websites close down and you have to use apps. milestogo Dec 2024 #35

FB is soooo much easier to create and share events than updating websites! LeftInTX Dec 2024 #46

There are a lot of 'excuses' GenThePerservering Dec 2024 #40

In Paris they are free. Raine1967 Dec 2024 #42