Lol!

[iamdannyboling@mstdn.social]

@lydiaconwell

Especially if there's internet searches involved before making a purchase.

@stux

[gigi@kolektiva.social]

@mountdiscovery @stux @mercurial

I'm Gen-X and I have no problem buying shit on my phone.

My concession, though, is I refuse to use anything but temporary cards bought for that purpose.

[iamdannyboling@mstdn.social]

@lauren

Yes, this.

@stux

[petealexharris@mastodon.scot]

@stux
Yeah, if a purchase requires opening multiple browser tabs to check/compare things, I'm not doing that on a phone.

[dukeduke@mastodon.social]

@stux For me, I keep 100% of my financial doings on one primary laptop that doesn't leave the house. I do most shopping on a tablet for convenience, then make the actual purchases, regardless of size, on the laptop. My phone has a browser, but it doesn't get used at all.

[kkarhan@infosec.space]

@stux this!

[reinald@nrw.social]

@stux definitely. Some things ask for research, comparing stuff. Big screen with multiple windows, proper keyboard and no autocorrect for searching the right things...

Like shops don't give me the full search result on the phone - just limited options. And I bet my ass - not the cheapest ones!

So yeah, very few purchases are phone purchases for me.

Next thing to our horror will be: "why don't you let your AI assistent buy that for you?"

[i_give_u_worms@beige.party]

@stux a notebook or desktop you can have two windows where when you switch screens and the first screen doesn't drop it's shit and act like you are a new person

[westcoastmaven@mastodon.social]

@stux Typing on a phone keyboard is nearly impossible for me to do with my big fingertips. Letters are way too small. Computer, with the larger keys is a must for me.

[cascheranno@hachyderm.io]

@stux nope. In fact, phone-autofill (like Apple Pay) is some tasty tasty stuff. I’m frantically trying to find a way to de-Apple, de-Google, de-Meta while retaining that.

[lovingfalloutlondon1954@mastodon.social]

@stux

Nope. No phone purchases.

Nope. No laptop purchases.

Gaming grade desktop with a LAN printer for printing receipts only.

[leldorion@hachyderm.io]

@MarcelNBG @piyuv @stux This work with user agent switching as well I'd assume?

[lopta@mastodon.social]

@stux Considerations include whether I might need to open other documents or windows to look things up or whether I'll want to print or save the end result.

[spacebug@social.n2.mikronod.se]

@stux I'v heard about two girls wanting to travel to Kos, so they sat at the airport and waited for a cheap travel to show up on the website. One of them found one and booked on her phone.
Problem was the phone autocorrected Kos to Kosovo and she didn't notice.
I don't think she was allowed doing the bookings after that

[bluesharp@musicians.today]

@stux
I don't do any banking or buy anything on my phone. That is reserved for the computer. Can't trust the phone.

[raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie]

@stux
I never buy anything on a phone or tablet. Using a Smartphone since 2000. Tablet since 2006.

[maccruiskeen@social.linux.pizza]

@stux I don't like to order anything bigger than a burrito on my phone. Even then, I might at least switch to my ipad (easier to see what's going on).

[canleaf@mastodon.social]

@stux Because tickets on phones are more expensive than on the computer.

[cafechatnoir@mastodon.social]

@stux

Yes! Some things need the Big Internet.

[lispi314@udongein.xyz]

@stux To me it's a matter of trust.

One simply doesn't do purchases on the phone, because it is not a trusted device. It does not have access to any banking information.

Too much proprietary malware.