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I hate to say it but my first impression of this was that it looked like a visiting area for a prison. (Something about the bleak colour palette and minimalist

I hate to say it but my first impression of this was that it looked like a visiting area for a prison. (Something about the bleak colour palette and minimalist display). But, I think that presents a similar long-distance use-case as the 'phone booth.' I wouldn't be surprised to see this as a pay-per-use option for prisoners/families. It's probably only a matter of time before the 'Echo Shows' capitalize on it.

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whymauri 5y ago
it would certainly sit comfortably in a black mirror episode, lol.
- sangnoir 5y ago
  A fantastic twist would be a reveal showing that the other person (no longer) exists in the real world and is digital construct... or some forbidden knowledge is secretly interdicted and censored by big brother, body-snatching peoples avatars in real time.
  - hyko 5y ago
    Plot twist: the person behind the screen is actually sat there, everything else turns out to be a hologram!
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nmfisher 5y ago
That’s exactly the thought I have. I have a feeling it would be truly bizarre to sit down and talk to my mum or dad through this.
- baby 5y ago
  Better than what we have now
  - rvnx 5y ago
    Well at some point prisoners won't have the choice in practice, because for safety and convenience remote video call will become the norm. This is the same paradox as social networks; making people supposedly closer, but in reality making humans further and further away.
Vinnl 5y ago
Yeah I had the exact same impression. Still vastly preferable over a zoom call, but I expect I'd have to use it extensively before I can shed that association. This is assuming that this somehow does allow me to interrupt someone's sentence — otherwise might as well do a zoom call.
interestica 5y ago
I didn't realize the current state of prison phone systems in both the US and Canada... 2020 notes: >["Why are jail phone calls so expensive?"] (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-are-jail-phone-calls-so-expensive/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-are-jail-phone-calls-so-exp...) OCTOBER 13, 2020 > ["A mom’s $6,000 phone bill in three months: The push to rein in Ontario’s costly prison phone system"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-activists-see-injustice-in-high-cost-of-phone-calls-from-ottawa-area/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-activists-see...) JANUARY 30, 2020 > [Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act] (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6389 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6389) 03/25/2020

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whymauri 5y ago

it would certainly sit comfortably in a black mirror episode, lol.

sangnoir 5y ago
A fantastic twist would be a reveal showing that the other person (no longer) exists in the real world and is digital construct... or some forbidden knowledge is secretly interdicted and censored by big brother, body-snatching peoples avatars in real time.
- hyko 5y ago
  Plot twist: the person behind the screen is actually sat there, everything else turns out to be a hologram!
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nmfisher 5y ago

That’s exactly the thought I have. I have a feeling it would be truly bizarre to sit down and talk to my mum or dad through this.

baby 5y ago
Better than what we have now
- rvnx 5y ago
  Well at some point prisoners won't have the choice in practice, because for safety and convenience remote video call will become the norm. This is the same paradox as social networks; making people supposedly closer, but in reality making humans further and further away.

Vinnl 5y ago

Yeah I had the exact same impression. Still vastly preferable over a zoom call, but I expect I'd have to use it extensively before I can shed that association. This is assuming that this somehow does allow me to interrupt someone's sentence — otherwise might as well do a zoom call.

interestica 5y ago

I didn't realize the current state of prison phone systems in both the US and Canada... 2020 notes: >["Why are jail phone calls so expensive?"] (https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-are-jail-phone-calls-so-expensive/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-are-jail-phone-calls-so-exp...) OCTOBER 13, 2020 > ["A mom’s $6,000 phone bill in three months: The push to rein in Ontario’s costly prison phone system"](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-activists-see-injustice-in-high-cost-of-phone-calls-from-ottawa-area/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-activists-see...) JANUARY 30, 2020 > [Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice Act] (https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6389 https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6389) 03/25/2020