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codey posted...

What? Your cell phone is precisely intended for you to take it out of the house, if your reasoning for leaving the house is to get away from your cell phone I think you should just get rid of your phone.

You miss my point. I'm going out to get away from technology in some cases. Other times I'm doing something that really shouldn't involve a phone. Just because the Smartphone *can* do other things than take calls away from home doesn't mean it should.

Like, ffs, I had an MRI scheduled and I got a text from the imaging place to use the app to check in when I got there. Like wtf? I'm in the imaging office and you want me to try to connect via 4g to use an app when I can just tell the receptionist I'm there?

Using the smartphone as a catch all is lazy, and in many cases makes life harder for everyone, with a lousy connection, apps to download, apps to learn on the fly to navigate, etc.

It shouldn't be replacing basic things m, if, and here's the important part, it's inconvenient and works worse than the original system.

You can't improve a paper menu. It's right there, has the info you need, and if specials are involved then get a chalkboard and write them there. No middleware tech bs needed.

You can't improve telling the receptionist that you have arrived at your appointed time. Anything else adds needless steps and bloat to a very, very simple system.