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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by marssaxman on Saturday February 22, 2025 @12:25PM (#43140984)
That's what I do, because phones are too fiddly and I don't want to have to deal with unlocking it and finding wherever the barcode went off to when it's my turn to check in, but my wife does something with an app instead and seems to like it.
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by JustExAWS on Saturday February 22, 2025 @03:03PM (#43142622)
Really? I click on a button twice and my wallet pops up on my phone with my boarding pass
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by marssaxman on Saturday February 22, 2025 @04:35PM (#43143496)
Perhaps that's the thing with an app my wife is doing. I don't have a wallet app, myself; I mistrust phones (and the corporations which own them) too much for that.
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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by JustExAWS on Saturday February 22, 2025 @09:57PM (#43145971)
The Wallet app is built in on the iPhone.

Do you also print out directions from Mapquest before you leave home?

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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by marssaxman on Saturday February 22, 2025 @10:55PM (#43146356)
I'm sure that is convenient for those iPhone users who want to make use of the feature.

> Do you also print out directions from Mapquest before you leave home?

That sure was the way it used to work, wasn't it?

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Re:'The tyranny of apps': those without smartphones are unfa... by genewitch on Sunday February 23, 2025 @03:13AM (#43147666)
Thomas Guide is more my style.
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