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Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone by cxr on Saturday September 02, 2023 @07:52AM (#37360639)
> Do you also complain that you can’t use Uber without a cellphone?

I don't hear it (the harshness of responses like yours it would engender might have something to do with it), but I don't see anything wrong with the complaint. I can make HTTP requests from my laptop.

Uber's smartphone requirement is an unnecessary one.

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Re:Doing Laundry on Campus Without a Phone by cge on Saturday September 02, 2023 @08:13AM (#37360813)
As an illustration of the requirement not being necessary, you can use Lyft (for cars only, I think) via a browser at ride.lyft.com.

Outside of questions of accessibility, having web-based access is also very useful for unexpected problems: I think people often have many ways of accessing the web, but usually only one smartphone. My partner recently needed to get to a train station when an OS bug suddenly stopped most apps from working on her phone; being able to use her laptop to call a car was extremely helpful.

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