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‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] leadore@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I use a dumbphone. I'm not buying a smartphone just so I can play these stupid games, and I'm installing an app for every fucking business I interact with. I realize there will one day be a point where I won't be able to do things I need to do without one, but until then I have no desire for one. Fortunately they haven't made the parking meters here require a smartphone yet.

My grocery store still uses loyalty cards for most discounts (which is irritating enough), but also has "digital coupons" that require an app so I can't get that. Theoretically I could go to their website and print them off but that's not worth the effort. I have to pay close attention to the price signs they put up because some of them say "with digital coupon" in small print, meaning "not for you, bitch". You know who doesn't pull this kind of shit? Walmart. So I wind up getting a lot of my groceries there so as not to be discriminated against.

[–] AlwaysNurture@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Flipphones.... I want a full keyboard phone again. Maybe even a slider full keyboard. Those were the days.

Apps... I evade most apps as much as i can or if i must use closed source apps, i will put them in a secondary profile.