ULTIMATEDEADAug 15, 2023

I'm worried that in the future we will be forced to use smartphones just like in China

https://lemmy.ml/post/3367414

I'm worried that in the future we will be forced to use smartphones just like in China - Lemmy

In China, you can’t exist without a smartphone, because for all existential things you have to do (paying bills, buying tickets etc.) , you are forced to use the almighty wechat app. Smartphones are a tool to manipulate and to spy on the population. It is a tool utilized by the ruling class, to control the masses. I hate the future and I hate “progress”.

Show threadDJKJuicyAug 15, 2023

My kid’s school just implemented an app-based pickup process this year.

You have to download an app and register your phone and email and child, then when you get in the line to pickup your child you have to press a button in the app.

I literally cannot retrieve my child from school without a smartphone.

Show threadjoeAug 15, 2023

I literally cannot retrieve my child from school without a smartphone.

I’m positive there is a backup method; did you ask about one, or did you simply install the app?

Show threadMaybeItWorksAug 15, 2023
I would not be so positive. Schools aren’t well known for thinking policies through completely. Good chance this person lives in an area that has high enough income that they would just tell poor people to not be poor and get the app.
Show threadjoeAug 15, 2023

There are reasons besides “being poor” to not have cell phone access at pickup time. I assure you the answer won’t be “I guess this kid is spending the night here”.

There is a backup method.

Show threadbdesk
Are you familiar with unthinking unfeeling unseeing american school administrators?
Aug 15, 2023 at 12:38pmWeb
Show threadjoeAug 15, 2023

You didn’t add anything new to the discussion. I understand that sometimes bureaucracies-- like the public school system-- can implement poorly thought out policies, but again, I assure you that there will be a way to pick up that hypothetical kid without an app or smart phone. Because, again, the alternative is that the kid doesn’t get picked up and… what? Stays at the school?

There will be a backup method. The guy I initially responded to probably just did like most of us would do and installed the app without question.