Smartphone Required (digital exclusion of people without smartphones)

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‘The tyranny of apps’: those without smartphones are unfairly penalised, say campaigners (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

The point is also in which direction do you think this will move? More app dependency or less? There'll be a point in time where cash won't be allowed and payments are by QR code bank transfer. Some parts of the world have places that completely excluded cash transactions. Once people can't buy basic goods without an app it'll be too late to start caring about app-led population exclusion.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

All this is true. Having tech like this as more and more a requirement is scary, totalitarian sci-fi stuff, and it would be a truly serious problem if there was a future.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I hope societies don't go cashless. Power outages, website crashes and glitches, not to mention other things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'm with you on that. However, some places in Asia are moving that way. Signs on shops with cashless payment only. Only a matter of time before it moves to Europe.

https://www.seoulz.com/moving-towards-a-cashless-society-in-south-korea/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

We have to take back our power and independence as much as possible. We have to demand the right to do that, relentlessly.