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I hate this new trend with a passion. A new low-cost airline just launched in Australia. The only way to book? By installing their app... I am not sure how th

by koyote 3y ago

I hate this new trend with a passion. A new low-cost airline just launched in Australia. The only way to book? By installing their app... I am not sure how the non-tech masses book their trips, but I usually have a dozen tabs open, comparing prices and flight times across a range of aggregators/airlines. Even if I know which airlines I am flying I often have several tabs open to compare prices across dates. All of this is not possible with an app.

Dalewyn 3y ago
>I am not sure how the non-tech masses book their trips, By either calling (you have a phone in your hand, after all) the airline or their favorite travel agency, or using the application. I know a guy who flies around frequently for both business and pleasure. The most he does is check Experia; usually he just books flights via the airline's application (made even easier because he's a frequent flyer). >I hate this new trend with a passion. 20/20 hindsight says it was inevitable. Microsoft was too early and too innovative to the party with Windows 8, but otherwise they were right in judging that the desktop was on its way out from the front seat. For the vast majority of people, a phone has more computer than they would know what to do with.
NikolaNovak 3y ago
>> I am not sure how the non-tech masses book their trips My non techie friends and family do everything on their phone. From my teenage nieces and nephews, to my 75 year old parents and in laws, they are far far far more comfortable on phone, which they feel they understand, than on a computer, which they feel is scary and mysterious and dangerous. (I'm not saying I agree with that ; that's just a perception we have groomed in them). They do their banking and purchases and mortgages and trips on a teeny little screen, even teenier keyboard. And here's the thing, they're good at it. It works! Vast majority of time they accomplish what they want effectively and efficiently. Turns out I'm a massive exception. I just feel claustrophobic and enclosed and uncertain without my computer which is my comfort zone. I have a friend in royal Bank of Canada and they have terminology for that - I forget the details but it's something like shoulders down vs shoulders up. They have detailed stats on what are peoples preferences in doing stuff on phone vs computer. Apparently in Canada people do vast majority on phone except in usa. Apparently that makes Canadians odd - they say Americans and a lot of world does their mortgages on phone too. I found that shocking until I realized my wife and sister do too

by koyote 3y ago

Dalewyn 3y ago

>I am not sure how the non-tech masses book their trips, By either calling (you have a phone in your hand, after all) the airline or their favorite travel agency, or using the application. I know a guy who flies around frequently for both business and pleasure. The most he does is check Experia; usually he just books flights via the airline's application (made even easier because he's a frequent flyer). >I hate this new trend with a passion. 20/20 hindsight says it was inevitable. Microsoft was too early and too innovative to the party with Windows 8, but otherwise they were right in judging that the desktop was on its way out from the front seat. For the vast majority of people, a phone has more computer than they would know what to do with.

NikolaNovak 3y ago

>> I am not sure how the non-tech masses book their trips My non techie friends and family do everything on their phone. From my teenage nieces and nephews, to my 75 year old parents and in laws, they are far far far more comfortable on phone, which they feel they understand, than on a computer, which they feel is scary and mysterious and dangerous. (I'm not saying I agree with that ; that's just a perception we have groomed in them). They do their banking and purchases and mortgages and trips on a teeny little screen, even teenier keyboard. And here's the thing, they're good at it. It works! Vast majority of time they accomplish what they want effectively and efficiently. Turns out I'm a massive exception. I just feel claustrophobic and enclosed and uncertain without my computer which is my comfort zone. I have a friend in royal Bank of Canada and they have terminology for that - I forget the details but it's something like shoulders down vs shoulders up. They have detailed stats on what are peoples preferences in doing stuff on phone vs computer. Apparently in Canada people do vast majority on phone except in usa. Apparently that makes Canadians odd - they say Americans and a lot of world does their mortgages on phone too. I found that shocking until I realized my wife and sister do too