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[–] [email protected] 121 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (25 children)

My favorite part of the 30 day dumb phone challenge I did recently: I couldn't install your crappy app even if I wanted to.

A little over halfway through the challenge, was paying for my order at a local eatery, and the cashier started plugging their new app and rewards points and digital coupons and shit. I was like "I'm gonna stop you right there: flip phone." and pulled it out of my pocket and brandished it like I was the sheriff of Luddite-ville.

Kinda like this, but "Flip phone!"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I was like "I'm gonna stop you right there: flip phone." and pulled it out of my pocket and brandished it like I was the sheriff of Luddite-ville.

I...is the implication you would have no other choice but to install their app if you didn't have a flip phone?

I'm baffled by these comments. Who the hell is actually listening to these people and installing apps on their phone just because a cashier mentioned it?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

It's not that they're going to convince me, it's that it's annoying they keep trying (likely by management)

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