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Edge case: what if your phone does while in transit, and you can't charge it?

• edent 11mo ago
  In the UK, the newer trains and tube carriages all have USB ports for charging. But, it is kind of a non issue. You are responsible for your ticket. Having a dead battery is no different to losing your paper ticket.
• rogerrogerr 11mo ago
  iPhone NFC will work for a while even when “dead”, not sure about the android world. But in the edge case of the edge case, security can let you out. If it becomes a pattern, they’ll note it somehow. Seems like the most important thing to do is _anything_. The current approach of doing nothing and shaming people who suggest public transport is a poor option because it’s full of druggies doesn’t seem to work.
  • nobody9999 11mo ago
    >Seems like the most important thing to do is _anything_. The current approach of doing nothing and shaming people who suggest public transport is a poor option because it’s full of druggies doesn’t seem to work. I don't know, I think it's much worse, in the wealthiest nation that ever existed, to shame those who have no place to live by singling them out for abusive treatment for not leaving the transit system in a (arbitrary) timely fashion. I'd much rather shame those claiming public transport is a poor option, and even more so those advocating for evicting passengers -- presumably violently -- because they spend "too much" time on public transportation. Ugh!
• Marsymars 11mo ago
  You get charged for the max distance you could have ridden. For that reason, among others, I strongly prefer non-phone, non-battery-powered options for transit payment.