alt Hacker NewsParking in my town can now only be paid via smartphone. Yes, almost everyone has one, but: there are still people who do not.
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And sometimes, it seems like there's no fallback if you have no [working] smartphone. I knew someone who had a working smartphone, but a broken camera for few months. Couldn't scan any qrcodes to use these services till the phone was replaced.
on a roadtrip i stopped in a small town for lunch with street parking paid by app.
super frustrating that i needed to sit in my car and download an app and set up an account just to park for an hour in a town i'm never going back to
don't you understand that this means a data trail to your location and government ID ? connecting to your ability to pay a legal fine? You are consenting to that ?
I love it how they can't think of any other way to pay for parking than via smartphone, but if you just park there without paying, they'll offer you many ways to pay the fine.