Yea, you download the app and add in your payment method. Go in and shop, fill up your bags and walk out. Purchase automatically calculated. No cashiers or registers. I like the convenience of it but also concerned about the digital prison situation as well.
Apps apps apps. I hated the word from when they first started trying to normalise it. It's training to condition you to not need or want to leave your 15m city Pod. Why bother going to a shop when there'll be no physical interaction with another human and you can achieve the end result at home.
Yea, you download the app and add in your payment method. Go in and shop, fill up your bags and walk out. Purchase automatically calculated. No cashiers or registers. I like the convenience of it but also concerned about the digital prison situation as well.
Apps apps apps. I hated the word from when they first started trying to normalise it. It's training to condition you to not need or want to leave your 15m city Pod. Why bother going to a shop when there'll be no physical interaction with another human and you can achieve the end result at home.
I also tend to hate "apps" as well.
Programs. Executables. "Apps" came out of nowhere and was jarring -- and I wasn't even that old when I noticed it!
Applications!