You too?

[bishopjoey@writing.exchange]

@oldrawgabbit Oh yeah. Me too, most definitely.

[capnthommo@c.im]

@oldrawgabbit yes. Me too. If I want to use an app or QR code then I will be the one who chooses, not the provider. And making the conventional method shit doesn't force me to go app or QR, it just sends me somewhere else.

[dnkrupinski@hannover.town]

@oldrawgabbit @altbot

[gilesgoat@toot.wales]

@oldrawgabbit ... whish we could really say so I could add "I don't wanto to install an app to access a .GOV site to do something I NEED to find the app doesn't work well and there's no one to report because to report the malfunction you need the same app that doesn't work or another one that still doesn't work" .. !

[korininimili@mastodon.social]

@oldrawgabbit Absolutely. I wish...

[wirralwirral@mastodon.social]

@oldrawgabbit Yes I agree 100%... Thanks for your intelligence etc. TONY.

[roku@hear-me.social]

@oldrawgabbit

This is only my own experience and does may not by applicable for other people. Keep that in mind.

If I want freedom, I go and enjoy free time with those I do enjoy.
If I don't want annoying services, I just vote with my wallet.

Of course, this is not an answer for all the problems.
Technology should serve us.

For many occasions, when the people tell me that I need to scan QR code to see menu at the restaurant or do something similar.

I just tell them "I don't have a telephone„

And they often get confused.
Some of the places they get me bypass all their services just because they don't know what to do and is too much to handle.
I got to drove some buses for free, because the bus driver didn't know what to do.
I get interrogated on the airport, in a much less time, also because there is much less information to be extracted.

I wasn't bothered by email and spam after all, just simply telling them I don't have telephone number, email address or home address and they leave me alone.

Of course there was a time that that was me who was trying to get their service and I need to be compliant.
But that's very much depends on situation and what I need.

[mrbrightside0@mastodon.social]

@oldrawgabbit i can even go even further on that (about Mastodon), i do not want to be forced to use its mobile app. I want a tutorial how to put my account on the website... I'm new at the #fediverse and I love it

[bissetwv@mastodon.social]

@oldrawgabbit my phone broke, so I tried using just my laptop. I am a VERY tenacious chap. For instance, lived for just on 20 years with no physical ID, book, card, driver's license, the lot. A sim card was hard, bank.. ha ha not so hard to open and account with no hard ID. Eventually got one , needed it to see the Penquins at Boulders Beach, 3 years ago. Phone? One month. Had to get a phone....

[ahmetkilic@mastodon.social]

@oldrawgabbit in restaurants in my country, we can scan a QR code to see the menu

It doesn't require us to create a account
It doesn't require us to download a app
We can just not provide a feedback at all

And since we dont have to wait for a waiter to bring us a menu thanks to QR code, we are fine with it

[krissykat@hoosier.social]

@oldrawgabbit

I saw a sign in the bathroom at a huge gas station that asked people to scan a QR code above the toilet to leave a restroom review.

I immediately thought, "No way." Then, "Why?"

[bdf2121cc3334b35b6ecda66e471@mastodon.social]

@oldrawgabbit people used to bask in 15 minutes of fame, now I want to bask in 15 minutes of privacy

[archeokluit@mastodon.chasalin.nl]

@oldrawgabbit hear hear!

[biggi91@kanoa.de]

@oldrawgabbit especially the permanent pressure to install an app for every tiny bit of everyday life really sucks

[mrbruno@mstdn.social]

@oldrawgabbit "I'm not giving you my email address just to be on your WiFi since 5G is impossible in your building."

[irmgard@sueden.social]

@oldrawgabbit Yes I agree 100%!

[grundeinkommenaberrichtig@mastodon.social]

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