Ask HN: Why did smartphones become a single point of failure?

Re:Ask HN: Why did smartphones become a single point of fail... by Dr_ReD on Tuesday August 09, 2022 @05:15PM (#32404435)

Then you discover your bank, your credit card, your shopping mall, watsapp, gmail, facebook and grinder, all have blacklisted sms to VOIP numbers and also, they're phasing out SMS support anyway... So you'll need all their own specific apps anyway... And both your neighbourhood burger king or the whole airport in which you just landed, won't let you order food without a phone, an app and a qr-code... And then you live in Italy where you can't ever buy stuff over 1000€ with cash... And where you need an app to access the nation's many exclusively online services.

No. You can't avoid it. All you can do, with this kind of passive resistance, is delay it for a bit. :/

We (the people) need to push back and be vocal about the stupidity of this trend.

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Re:Ask HN: Why did smartphones become a single point of fail... by dsr_ on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @07:11AM (#32410125)

I've never used an app from my bank. They have a website.

My credit card has a website. I don't store my card on my phone. It's a card, I carry it around in a wallet.

Why would I need an app for a shopping mall? I was in a mall last year, because that's where the LEGO Store is.

I've never used Watsapp.

Gmail is a website. Facebook is a website. Never used a dating app.

I don't need to use an application to get to Burger King, I have feet and cash.

My credit cards work in Italy. Anywhere there's an MC, Visa, Amex or Discover logo, I've got something that will work.

Pushing back starts with refusing to do stupid things just because all your friends are doing it.

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