• melsaskca@lemmy.ca
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    3 hours ago

    I don’t have a smartphone and I keep running into more and more of these QR codes. If I, as a citizen, am required to get a smartphone for these QR codes, to do citizen-like things, then it should be a utility and prices for hardware and services should come way down.

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      25 minutes ago

      You get by without a smartphone? I was really late to get one but you just can’t function in today’s society without one where I’m at. In the Heart of Darkness here.

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        16 minutes ago

        You can function in today’s society just fine, it’s just less convenient.

        But the problem here is not only that you need a smartphone to begin with, but also one specifically from either Google or Apple. Having something else (like a phone with Sailfish or GrapheneOS or any other custom rom) also doesn’t work.

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          10 minutes ago

          I am switching to graphene OS first chance I get, it should be this summer, damn the consequences.

          I lived most of my life without any type of cell phone let alone a smart one. I’m going back to our roots, to reject this techno fascist bullshit it’s only downhill from here on their gear.

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            8 minutes ago

            Yes, please. The more users we have on Graphene the harder we are to ignore as a user base.