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   кину奇诺 (kino@fedi.intkos.link)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 06:30:14 JST кину奇诺

   We're reaching a point in society where one will not be capable of achieving basic daily tasks without a smartphone. I went to get my hotel room key-card fixed since it had expired and the front desk was really pressuring me to use my smartphone as a digital key-card via the hotel's app and they were making it seem as though they were trying to move away from physical key-cards. I see contactless payment everywhere. I could easily imagine that in 10 years time everything goes to digital processes via smartphone or other "smart" device. And if you refuse to be apart of that system then you're simply out of luck.

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     ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|?? (phenomx6@fedi.pawlicker.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 10:20:47 JST ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|??

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     @kino @ins0mniak I've seen @ryo talk about how the same shit's going on in Japan too. They're forcing people to use apps there to do anything.
     
     It's not so bad in my part of the world right now but I know some fast food places even need phone apps to clock in.
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     кину奇诺 (kino@fedi.intkos.link)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 10:20:49 JST кину奇诺

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     @ins0mniak@freespeechextremist.com I mean, it doesn't bother me too much, it was mostly an observation. But, it is bothersome to have to have everything through an application that necessitates a smartphone or smart device. Of course, corporations love this because it means reduced overhead/expenses to them and simplifies their processes while also forcing customers into having accounts which are portals for marketing and tracking. Capital is going to work together to push this forward and make it increasingly difficult to not be apart of the system. It's just like how governments and financial institutions are going to make it increasingly more painful to use cash.

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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 10:20:50 JST ins0mniak

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     @kino I would have gotten so bent.
     
     That "download our app" shit is getting so old.
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     кину奇诺 (kino@fedi.intkos.link)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 10:20:51 JST кину奇诺

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     @ins0mniak@freespeechextremist.com It's not an actual key, it's a plastic key-card. Most likely just RFID. But, they really pushed me to use the hotel app and use a digital key therein.

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     ins0mniak (ins0mniak@freespeechextremist.com)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 10:20:52 JST ins0mniak

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     @kino They made you download the app??? What the actual fuck?
     
     A decently made key is safer than freaking RFID, let alone some smart phone crap.
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     寮 (ryo@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 10:24:32 JST 寮

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     • ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|??
     @PhenomX6 @kino @ins0mniak Mostly just point soystems are like that.
     Stamp cards or plastic cards with a barcode are increasingly being replaced by 666phone crapps.
     
     You can still choose to not use it, but that means you won't get any discounts.
     
     On the other hand, Mercari (basically the Ebay of Japan, plus more soy) does require their phone crapp to do some of the things that should have been possible in the browser UI, but can't because they purposefully restricted access to these parts.
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     Charliebrownau (charliebrownau@pieville.net)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 10:30:50 JST Charliebrownau

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     • ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|??

     @ryo @kino @PhenomX6 @ins0mniak

     Barcode = serialized
     aka
     remove anonymity

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     寮 (ryo@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 10:30:50 JST 寮

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     • ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|??
     • Charliebrownau
     @charliebrownau @kino @PhenomX6 @ins0mniak Not necessarily.
     There are places that give you a barcode card without filling out a form first, although it's quite rare.
     Most establishments need you to fill out a form with your last and first name (because here in eastern Asia, we do L/F instead of F/L), address, phone number, and gender (only 2 options available :troll: ).
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     寮 (ryo@social.076.ne.jp)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 17:02:45 JST 寮

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     • Charliebrownau
     @charliebrownau @kino @PhenomX6 @ins0mniak Did I say postal service anywhere?
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     Charliebrownau (charliebrownau@pieville.net)'s status on Sunday, 23-Oct-2022 17:02:46 JST Charliebrownau

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     • ?Smoking cigs in Room 641a ??|??

     @ryo @kino @PhenomX6 @ins0mniak

     Why do we need to use the ((( STATE ))) Postal service

     Why cant we do our own mailing without ((( THEM )))