<story><title>No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/20/no-app-no-entry-how-the-digital-world-is-failing-the-non-tech-savvy</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abwizz</author><text>no turn it around&lt;p&gt;your phone just broke&amp;#x2F;stolen&amp;#x2F;lost, do you forfeit your right to enter these places and use their services some of which might be &amp;quot;essential&amp;quot;?</text></item><item><author>rattlesnakedave</author><text>This has not been my experience. Paying for admission to museums&amp;#x2F;sporting events I apple pay from safari on my phone then am presented with a QR or a pass to add to my apple wallet. It&amp;#x27;s really nice and I much prefer it to standing in line.</text></item><item><author>strict9</author><text>Seeing more of this at museums and institutions as well which is really disheartening.&lt;p&gt;Gone are the days where you could pay at the door. Now you must go to their website and fill out a long string of forms and manually type in your credit card number, all so you can get a QR code and wait even longer to enter.&lt;p&gt;Or go to a restaurant and use your phone to scan a QR code to read their PDF menu on your phone.&lt;p&gt;Once a refuge from always-connected society, restaurants and museums now require it and I&amp;#x27;m finding myself not returning to these places.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gspencley</author><text>This. Apart from not wanting to be tethered to my phone 24&amp;#x2F;7, I don&amp;#x27;t like that it is a single point of failure. It has replaced our wallets and then some. The most terrifying prospect to me is governments that want to switch to digital IDs. No thanks. I don&amp;#x27;t need to lose access to existence just because my battery died or I forgot my phone at home.</text></comment>
<story><title>No app, no entry: How the digital world is failing the non tech-savvy</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/20/no-app-no-entry-how-the-digital-world-is-failing-the-non-tech-savvy</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abwizz</author><text>no turn it around&lt;p&gt;your phone just broke&amp;#x2F;stolen&amp;#x2F;lost, do you forfeit your right to enter these places and use their services some of which might be &amp;quot;essential&amp;quot;?</text></item><item><author>rattlesnakedave</author><text>This has not been my experience. Paying for admission to museums&amp;#x2F;sporting events I apple pay from safari on my phone then am presented with a QR or a pass to add to my apple wallet. It&amp;#x27;s really nice and I much prefer it to standing in line.</text></item><item><author>strict9</author><text>Seeing more of this at museums and institutions as well which is really disheartening.&lt;p&gt;Gone are the days where you could pay at the door. Now you must go to their website and fill out a long string of forms and manually type in your credit card number, all so you can get a QR code and wait even longer to enter.&lt;p&gt;Or go to a restaurant and use your phone to scan a QR code to read their PDF menu on your phone.&lt;p&gt;Once a refuge from always-connected society, restaurants and museums now require it and I&amp;#x27;m finding myself not returning to these places.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Karunamon</author><text>I see it as similar to what happens when your credit card gets messed up or won&amp;#x27;t read anymore. It&amp;#x27;s a similar level of inconvenience.&lt;p&gt;That said, I have found it easier to replace a phone on short notice than a card. Banks seem to want to do everything through the mail, where I can walk into any carriers store and walk out with a replacement device the same day.</text></comment>