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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday November 09, 2025 @08:55PM (#45871399)
But 30 years ago there were also no government services or major companies who require you to interact with them using an app on a major smartphone platform.
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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by samdoesnothing on Sunday November 09, 2025 @10:25PM (#45872037)
Nothing has changed, there are no government services or major companies who require you to interact with them using an app on a major smartphone platform.
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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by novok on Sunday November 09, 2025 @11:36PM (#45872471)
There are many that do require SMS or a phone number of some sort at this point.

We are mostly saved by the part of the 70+ crowd who is completely computer illiterate and own significant investment resources. But that will only last 10-20 more years.

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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by eru on Sunday November 09, 2025 @10:48PM (#45872208)
I doubt that. The world is a vast place with many governments and there are lots of major companies.
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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by michaelgburton on Monday November 10, 2025 @08:30AM (#45875813)
Require, maybe not?

But it's a comparatively huge pain in the ass to use a lot of government services where I live without a smartphone.

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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by bryan_w on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @02:42AM (#45884993)
Our grandfathers fought in wars, but God forbid you have to go to city council to fill out a form every once in awhile
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Re:Montana Becomes First State to Enshrine 'Right to Compute... by eru on Tuesday November 11, 2025 @03:44AM (#45885305)
How does (great) past suffering justify (mild) modern suffering?

And my forefathers probably fought in wars against your forefathers. The world would have probably been better off, if they all had just stayed home. Nothing glorious about that.

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