| ▲ | immibis a day ago |
| Claim you don't have a phone, and they'll find a solution. |
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| ▲ | kube-system a day ago | parent | next [-] |
| What is that supposed to accomplish? The service providers that require a phone will require one whether you have one or not. |
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| ▲ | ryandrake a day ago | parent | next [-] | | We need to act now, while there are still service providers that don't require a phone. If my bank said they wouldn't do business with me unless I used a phone and an app, I would immediately take my business and all my accounts to a different bank. Banks have no moat. You can pretty easily move accounts to a different one or to a credit union who won't abuse you. | | |
| ▲ | kube-system a day ago | parent [-] | | You and the four other people who might do this are just delaying the inevitable. | | |
| ▲ | ranger_danger a day ago | parent | next [-] | | Only if people roll over and take it. The squeaky wheel gets the grease. | | |
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| ▲ | kube-system a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | 99.9999% of people are “rolling over and taking it” because they don’t have an aversion to installing their bank’s app on their phone. Most people would find this viewpoint to be strange. | | |
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| ▲ | keybored a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | Or they’re arguing with like four FUD contrarians on a website. No no no shut up, don’t speak up. No one thinks like you. |
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| ▲ | themafia a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | It builds a case. You're not going to win with one clever move. We need to show that these policies systematically deprive honest customers. |
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| ▲ | pessimizer a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| They won't find a solution to your problem, when one is obvious: buy a phone. They'll find a solution to their problem, which is you: apologize for losing you as a customer, and express a hope that you'll consider them again after you've bought a phone. |
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| ▲ | immibis a day ago | parent [-] | | There can be laws like the right to have a bank account, that might say your bank can't require you to have anything they don't provide you with for free. In some places. |
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| ▲ | NoMoreNicksLeft a day ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Unless you are a multimillionaire, they will tell you to go do business elsewhere, you're not worth their trouble. |
