France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle schools

Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by adrianN on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @04:33AM (#15913132)

Books don't exploit every psychological trick there is to try to cram as many ads in your face as possible

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Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by sgift on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @04:55AM (#15913225)

I'm not sure when the last time was I saw an ad on my phone. The only example I can think of would be the Kindle app telling me of comparable books, which seems no different from all the tech books I have which have book recommendations on the last pages.

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Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by pixl97 on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @08:14AM (#15913987)

>I'm not sure when the last time was I saw an ad on my phone.

Are you running a flip phone? Because most smart phones I see these days have no less than 10 apps that can present ads or notifications at almost any given time.

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Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by s73ver_ on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @02:28PM (#15916796)

No, they're just trying to smugly suggest that they're superior to everyone else because they've rooted their phone to run an ad blocker.

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Re:France to ban mobile phones in primary, junior and middle... by sgift on Wednesday December 13, 2017 @06:13PM (#15918605)

My phone is not rooted (and it is a smart phone). Better luck next time.

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