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Good. Some of us don't use smartphones. 10% of US adults don't according to a 2023 Pew survey, though I suspect most of those are old people. Any business re
by bm3719 2y ago
Good. Some of us don't use smartphones. 10% of US adults don't according to a 2023 Pew survey, though I suspect most of those are old people. Any business requiring one explicitly excludes me as a customer and generally makes the world a less-accessible place.
The smartphone-required world is a dystopia. Build on open protocols so people can write whatever software they want on top of them. UI should be personal preference, not dictated. I prefer to control my life from Emacs, but wouldn't dream of forcing everyone else to. Please return the courtesy.
- marssaxman 2y agoI do have a smartphone, but the idea that I should be obligated to use it in order to do something as simple as picking a meal at a restaurant leaves me feeling very uncomfortable. I don't want to live in a world where use of a smartphone - owned, as they all are, by two giant corporations - becomes a prerequisite for participation in the economy. Sometimes I pretend I don't have a phone and ask the restaurant to bring me a menu anyway, on the principle of the thing. Of course printed menus offer a much better experience anyway.