No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy

Re:No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the no... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 24, 2023 @11:51AM (#37250315)

> Why should the world bend to your desires?

Because I'm the one spending the money. If you make it harder for me to spend money with you, I'm going to spend less money with you.

> Cell phone penetration in the US - 97$

> Credit card pentration in the US - 70%

Sure. But most credit cards don't have batteries that die.

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Re:No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the no... by scarface_74 on Thursday August 24, 2023 @12:23PM (#37250802)

> Because I'm the one spending the money. If you make it harder for me to spend money with you, I'm going to spend less money with you.

And I as a business owner must be okay with it. See how freedom of choice works? We can both choose which parameters we operate within.

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Re:No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the no... by AnimalMuppet on Thursday August 24, 2023 @12:55PM (#37251366)

If that's your argument, then why, in your other posts on this thread, are you so strongly against letting people choose to not use the phone apps?

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Re:No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the no... by scarface_74 on Thursday August 24, 2023 @01:12PM (#37251651)

They can choose not to use their phone apps and if the business in question doesn't allow any other method to use their services, they have both made their choices.

That's just like Uber has chosen not to have a call dispatch center where you can call them if you want a ride.

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