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Cellphones went from cool form factor mini computers to mandatory personal identification and spying devices (lemy.lol)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Anyone else remember then being the cool new thing instead of a mandatory one?

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[–] 13 points 4 months ago (7 children)

You can't exist without a smart phone now. I went to a baseball game and refused to install their app for the ticket (which couldn't be purchased with cash). They said they can text a link to a QR code. Printing it wasn't an option.

I should have asked what I could do if I didn't have a phone but I suspect their head would explode.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago* (3 children)

    At Costco, you can't get in line at the optical center. unless you use a phone camera to shoot the QR camera. I hate that: for most of my life, I was phoneless, and now I am obligated to pay for a service and device that I don't care for.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Really? I haven't personally run into anything at Costco that needed a smartphone, though I admittedly haven't used their optical center.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Yup. Went there to get some new glasses a couple days back, had to figure out my smartphone's camera feature on the spot. An old lady also had to be taught by someone how to do the QR thing.

    I don't like it. The haves and have nots of the world will be determined by smartphone status.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I essentially can't go to most concerts anymore because of the "mobile only" ticketing.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    I was actually able to buy paper concert tix last November at a major arena. I wanted them for a gift. I had to go to the box office during a sporting event. He told me to keep it on the down-low because they are only supposed to print them if there is a very good reason like equipment failure or something. And he still said I had to give him my phone number. Not sure whose number I gave him though.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 4 months ago

    Yeah I can't do tickets cause my Ticketmaster account broke and won't send me emails anymore. I can't get into the venue any other way or I have to spin up all new accounts for the monopoly machine

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