- Joined
- Jun 4, 2012
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- 64
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- I'm liek, in Cali, dude.
- Lifestyle
- Vegetarian
I'm sorry, but this is really pissing me off now.
Now that smartphones have become so popular that they're seen everywhere and used by (almost) everyone, there's a mistaken perception that EVERYONE has a smartphone. Due to certain circumstances, I don't have one, though I plan to get one later this year. But now it seems that commerce has begun to discriminate against non-smartphone users by offering deals, discounts and coupons that can only be used with smartphones. In other words, I can't download coupons to my flip phone or "check in" with my flip phone (this means that if you access Yelp on your smartphone while eating at a restaurant, "check in" and then post a review while you're there, you earn a discount on your meal from that restaurant), and therefore I miss out on these offers. It just doesn't seem fair.
Now I know that in the "free market" nothing is really fair (when your favorite vegan restaurant, or perhaps the only vegan restaurant in your area closes because it just couldn't turn a profit no matter how often you ate there, that's not fair, but it's capitalism), but I know that I'm not the only person in the country who doesn't have a smartphone. It just feels like it whenever I surf the net or watch TV or read a magazine or newspaper, and get hit with all sorts of great deals that I can't access because I don't have a smartphone.
Okay, I got that out of my system, for now.
Now that smartphones have become so popular that they're seen everywhere and used by (almost) everyone, there's a mistaken perception that EVERYONE has a smartphone. Due to certain circumstances, I don't have one, though I plan to get one later this year. But now it seems that commerce has begun to discriminate against non-smartphone users by offering deals, discounts and coupons that can only be used with smartphones. In other words, I can't download coupons to my flip phone or "check in" with my flip phone (this means that if you access Yelp on your smartphone while eating at a restaurant, "check in" and then post a review while you're there, you earn a discount on your meal from that restaurant), and therefore I miss out on these offers. It just doesn't seem fair.
Now I know that in the "free market" nothing is really fair (when your favorite vegan restaurant, or perhaps the only vegan restaurant in your area closes because it just couldn't turn a profit no matter how often you ate there, that's not fair, but it's capitalism), but I know that I'm not the only person in the country who doesn't have a smartphone. It just feels like it whenever I surf the net or watch TV or read a magazine or newspaper, and get hit with all sorts of great deals that I can't access because I don't have a smartphone.
Okay, I got that out of my system, for now.