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Could you explain issues you have run into by ditching the smartphone and the solutions to those issues? A few things come to mind for me: - 2-factor auth (SM
by basisword 5y ago
Could you explain issues you have run into by ditching the smartphone and the solutions to those issues?
A few things come to mind for me:
- 2-factor auth (SMS or app based).
- Banking (in the UK now a lot of online purchases must also be verified through the banks app).
- Navigating in your city (public transport + just finding places by foot).
- Anything else you've come across that assumes everyone has a smartphone.
Also, what benefits have you found through ditching the smartphone?
- AussieWog93 5y ago>- 2-factor auth (SMS or app based). I still have an old Blackberry for SMS 2FA. >- Banking (in the UK now a lot of online purchases must also be verified through the banks app). We have an Android tablet at home for Chromecast. I just use that. When we're out, I don't tend to make online purchases. When push comes to shove, PayPal is a plan C. >- Navigating in your city (public transport + just finding places by foot). I'm one of those people who always knows where North is, and which directions main roads run in. I guess I'm just doing whatever it is that people did 50 years ago? >- Anything else you've come across that assumes everyone has a smartphone. I usually just ignore the COVID check-ins if they are phone only. Only one person has stopped me and immediately didn't care when I showed them my dumbphone. Apart from that, literally nothing has caused an issue. >Also, what benefits have you found through ditching the smartphone? I am not constantly plugged into an online hate machine. I can look around and realise that, actually, people aren't all that shit after all.