@neurovagrant I used to write “please check photo ID” on the back of my credit cards, back before chip/pin was common. About half of the time, people didn’t even look at the signaure section. Another common reaction was turning the card over to see the “signature” (which clearly looked nothing like what I just signed), and promptly ignore it.
Sometimes, just sometimes, they’d actually look, and ask me for ID (yay!). I had one place insist that I sign the receipt with “please check photo ID”. And no, they didn’t check my ID.
“Another, and make it a double!” He said, sliding his glass toward the barman.
“Don’t you think you’ve had enough?”
The question obviously riled the disheveled patron, who locked eyes with the barman.
“My executive team asked me today how we can leverage AI as part of our quantum strategy,” he began. “We don’t even have an asset register.”
“My god. This one’s a triple, and it’s on the house.”
@fsf serious question: what’s the alternative phone option today for the “average” person? If I did a find/replace for apple/google on this post, it’s almost still all true. Sure, I can get a (Google) Pixel and install a de-googled Android OS (made by Google), but this is hardly reasonable for most people.
I love the idea of a truely “free” phone (librephone?), but if that doesn’t exist today, what good is telling Apple I’m going to boycott their devices… one day… when there’s alternatives… ?