This for me is the point the authour intends. Having a device capable of communication practically anywhere, at any time, is something I happily carry. Being

This for me is the point the authour intends. Having a device capable of communication practically anywhere, at any time, is something I happily carry. Being required to carry an apple/google tracking device, constantly analysing & pimping you out, simply so you can buy an airline ticket, a train ticket, etc - is something I do begrudgingly. Just as there ought to be a law accepting cash, there ought to be a law mandating that any online payments for things such as airline or train tickets should be accessible via a standard HTML web browser, firefox/safari/chrome. That way I could carry a linux phone without being worried if I'd get stuck at a border because I couldn't install some android app (and no, it won't run emulated because of some nonsensical 'security' measures).