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I despise the modern phones and internet
Kasper:
--- Quote from: TimFox on December 15, 2022, 04:57:37 pm ---I hope that this is included in evidence in the antitrust investigation into the results of the Live Nation/Ticketmaster merger https://www.reuters.com/world/us/live-nation-ticketmaster-may-need-breakup-some-senators-say-2022-11-22/
Printing a barcoded ticket at home is a perfectly reasonable modern process, but requiring a smartphone for entry is not.
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Even Tim Hortons has an app now and even Tim Hortons has used it to breach their users' privacy.
--- Quote ---Federal and provincial privacy watchdogs say the Tim Hortons mobile ordering app violated the law by collecting vast amounts of location information from customers.
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Many of us have a lot of personal info on our phones and it is maddening when companies will not do business with you without getting access.
When I buy concert tickets, I go to the box office. Sit there for 1 hour and then get to purchase the best tickets in the venue, which they reserve for box office, without racing against bots. I save about $10 a ticket in website fees.
Then I have physical tickets, not an app, not a printout, a real ticket.
Before smart phones, sitting for 1 hour would be painfully boring. Now, it is very easy to sit for 1 hour and entertain myself, thanks to the wonders of smart phones.
pcprogrammer:
--- Quote from: Kasper on December 15, 2022, 07:59:35 pm ---Before smart phones, sitting for 1 hour would be painfully boring.
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Why, you could read a book to pass the time.
Kasper:
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on December 15, 2022, 08:18:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kasper on December 15, 2022, 07:59:35 pm ---Before smart phones, sitting for 1 hour would be painfully boring.
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Why, you could read a book to pass the time.
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I've never liked books.
TimFox:
--- Quote from: Kasper on December 15, 2022, 08:27:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on December 15, 2022, 08:18:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kasper on December 15, 2022, 07:59:35 pm ---Before smart phones, sitting for 1 hour would be painfully boring.
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Why, you could read a book to pass the time.
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I've never liked books.
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Were I snarky, I would quote the (spurious) statement of Mark Twain: "He who will not read has no advantage over he who cannot read."
I always carry a paperback whenever I expect to need time passing. Recently, I'm working through the new translations of Simenon's Maigret novels.
My acquaintance with modern and classical Japanese literature stems from a reasonable bookstore at Narita airport, and a dread of 13 hours with nothing but the airline magazine and bad movies.
2N3055:
--- Quote from: Kasper on December 15, 2022, 08:27:02 pm ---
--- Quote from: pcprogrammer on December 15, 2022, 08:18:32 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kasper on December 15, 2022, 07:59:35 pm ---Before smart phones, sitting for 1 hour would be painfully boring.
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Why, you could read a book to pass the time.
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I've never liked books.
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That is so sad...
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