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kazinator 4 hours ago

Some low cost airlines no longer have anything. A small fold-out tray to hold your tablet. There is Wi-Fi to access an intranet with flight information and maybe some entertainment. If you have that, you just load it up with games from your play store.

reincarnate0x14 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

I prefer the Airbus 31x and 32x models without the entertainment systems so much more. On United the Boeing had fucking ads playing NON STOP THE ENTIRE FLIGHT and because I boarded early I'd try to turn off as many around me as possible because somehow the flying public does not mind bright flashing annoying lights in their faces for HOURS.

JumpCrisscross 24 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

> because somehow the flying public does not mind bright flashing annoying lights in their faces for HOURS

We do. United has just positioned their economy products a hair below Delta by, in part, pulling off crap like this.

jquery 7 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

This is a United thing, not a Boeing/Airbus thing.

kaonwarb 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This is increasingly common in domestic US full-price airlines. It makes sense, in a way - most folks have their own devices, and the airlines save money and weight and don't have to worry about future tech obsolescence - but still makes me a bit sad.

kazinator 38 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Right? That's why I don't want a car with any system for entertainment, beyond generics like speakers. The car is ideally going to last 25+ years, by which time that shit will be obsolete. The software won't be upgradable, etc.

QuiEgo an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I've long enjoyed both Alaska's and Southwest's version of this.

jen20 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

The thing I really wish domestic airlines would take away is reclining seats in economy. Nothing good comes from having them.

silisili an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Same. I most recently flew Frontier and despite looking really spartan, it was actually super comfortable. And no reclining to fret over the whole flight.

15155 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Most budget carriers are going this way.