Re:Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app
by lrvick on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @05:13PM
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Do you think locals need a phone constantly to navigate? To avoid bad food? They operate on information cached in their brains and that is transferable. Ask a hotel attendant or a shop owner checking you out for any local restaurants they like or where the nearest X is.
Re:Airbnb wants to GPS track you also when not using the app
by TedDoesntTalk on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @07:12PM
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His approach is a great example of how these devices have affected IRL interaction. They’ve significantly reduced them. Whether that’s good bad or neutral, who knows?
Not every city has a central square, not everything you want to see might be within reach of one, not all restaurants are there, and of course all restaurants there can be tourist traps.
I don't need to think about how people struggled with things that are easy to today besides for the fun/novelty of it. While we're at it, exchanging money, carrying around and paying in cash suck. It was slightly less bad because i could look up the locations of ATMs of banks that don't charge you an extra fee for being a tourist on the spot.
> If the food turns out to be bad because you did not read online reviews, so what? Is your trip spoiled or did you just make a memory about shitty food in a Sri Lankan square
Considering how bad "bad" can get, that memory can involve a trip to the hospital ( food poisoning, parasites, etc.).