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In China, you can't exist without a smartphone, because for all existential things you have to do (paying bills, buying tickets etc.) , you are forced to use the almighty wechat app. Smartphones are a tool to manipulate and to spy on the population. It is a tool utilized by the ruling class, to control the masses. I hate the future and I hate "progress".

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[-] MaybeItWorks@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 year ago

I would not be so positive. Schools aren’t well known for thinking policies through completely. Good chance this person lives in an area that has high enough income that they would just tell poor people to not be poor and get the app.

[-] joe@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are reasons besides "being poor" for not have smart phone access at pickup time. I assure you the answer won't be "I guess this kid is spending the night here".

There is a backup method.

Edit: minor rewording for clarity.

[-] MaybeItWorks@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Obviously they will figure out how to get a kid to their parents are not going to kidnap a child. I’m also aware that there are reasons other than being poor to not have a cellphone. Again, you are thinking logically and not like a school administration. It is my experience that school administrators can be quite illogical. If you don’t want to use a phone, you are 100% going to end up fighting with school staff. They’re not going to like exceptions to their processes for any reason. They will fight you to get you to conform. It’s a school after all.

[-] gartenzaun@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

To be fair, I'd say that's a fight worth fighting

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